MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 39.30,-90.42 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 103 SFC 992 174 29.3 24.4 75 5.0 25.6 341 1 303.2 306.8 299.1 361.8 19.71 2 950 561 28.6 19.3 57 9.3 22.0 285 6 306.3 309.1 296.9 351.3 15.00 3 900 1040 25.3 17.1 60 8.2 19.6 246 11 307.6 310.2 296.5 349.2 13.79 4 850 1540 21.7 15.1 66 6.6 17.2 227 16 308.9 311.3 296.1 347.8 12.80 5 800 2063 17.3 13.5 79 3.7 14.7 228 21 309.5 311.9 296.0 346.9 12.27 6 750 2612 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.4 238 22 310.8 312.8 295.2 343.7 10.74 7 700 3190 10.4 3.1 61 7.3 6.2 259 20 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.5 6.86 8 650 3805 7.5 1.8 67 5.6 4.3 291 20 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.8 6.74 9 600 4459 2.6 -1.9 73 4.4 0.2 311 23 319.1 320.2 293.6 337.0 5.57 10 550 5156 -2.8 -8.8 63 6.1 -5.5 315 22 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.5 3.56 11 500 5905 -7.8 -11.4 75 3.6 -9.2 313 20 323.6 324.2 292.9 334.3 3.21 12 450 6718 -12.2 -16.2 72 4.0 -13.6 301 21 328.0 328.4 293.4 336.2 2.41 13 400 7609 -17.5 -21.0 74 3.5 -18.5 306 17 332.3 332.7 294.0 338.7 1.80 14 350 8596 -24.5 -25.3 93 0.8 -24.7 292 13 335.7 336.0 294.5 340.8 1.39 15 300 9699 -33.1 -36.7 70 3.6 -33.6 300 16 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.8 0.55 16 250 10954 -43.2 -45.5 79 2.2 -43.4 271 11 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.8 0.26 17 200 12415 -55.4 -58.4 69 3.0 -55.5 288 11 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14203 -64.8 -69.8 50 5.0 -64.8 240 11 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16693 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.2 -63.0 247 19 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.06 m Freezing level: 575.97 mb = 4793.90 m = 15727.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.02 mb = 4485.32 m = 14715.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.82 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.69 mb = 809.62 m = 2656.19 ft T: 26.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 26.26 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.24 mb = 2082.10 m = 6830.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.73 C = 96.31 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1940.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.63 mb = 1656.46 m = 5434.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.63 mb = 2458.68 m = 8066.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.63 mb = 13662.58 m = 44824.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1920.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 85.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 76.04 Bulk Shear: 25.52 m/s