MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 37.92,-90.94 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -90.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 981 294 22.2 21.0 93 1.2 21.3 208 4 296.9 299.9 295.2 343.7 16.16 2 950 578 25.4 18.6 66 6.8 20.6 211 26 303.0 305.6 295.6 345.4 14.32 3 900 1054 24.4 15.8 58 8.7 18.5 220 27 306.7 309.1 295.4 344.6 12.60 4 850 1553 20.8 14.9 69 5.9 16.8 242 20 307.9 310.3 295.7 346.1 12.63 5 800 2076 18.8 11.9 64 7.0 14.3 259 14 311.2 313.3 295.5 345.0 11.00 6 750 2627 14.8 8.6 66 6.2 10.9 264 10 312.6 314.4 294.7 341.6 9.37 7 700 3207 10.8 4.7 66 6.1 7.2 269 8 314.5 315.9 294.0 338.5 7.69 8 650 3822 7.0 1.5 68 5.5 3.9 290 7 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.8 6.59 9 600 4475 2.5 -2.5 70 5.0 -0.1 318 9 319.0 320.1 293.3 336.1 5.32 10 550 5172 -3.0 -6.2 79 3.2 -4.6 325 12 320.5 321.3 293.0 334.8 4.38 11 500 5920 -7.7 -9.0 90 1.3 -8.3 322 12 323.6 324.4 293.4 336.5 3.87 12 450 6734 -11.8 -13.9 84 2.1 -12.6 317 11 328.4 329.0 293.9 338.3 2.91 13 400 7626 -17.3 -18.1 94 0.8 -17.6 303 11 332.4 332.9 294.4 340.5 2.30 14 350 8613 -24.0 -25.1 91 1.1 -24.3 278 11 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.5 1.42 15 300 9718 -32.7 -34.1 88 1.3 -33.0 259 12 339.2 339.4 294.8 341.9 0.71 16 250 10972 -43.4 -44.5 89 1.1 -43.5 244 11 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.7 0.29 17 200 12433 -55.1 -56.8 81 1.7 -55.2 250 8 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.09 18 150 14215 -64.0 -71.9 33 7.9 -64.1 225 21 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16699 -64.2 -84.2 5 20.0 -64.4 231 11 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.00 m Freezing level: 577.37 mb = 4790.67 m = 15717.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.21 mb = 4458.70 m = 14628.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.27 % Est. max temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.71 mb = 443.04 m = 1453.53 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.33 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.58 mb = 2710.73 m = 8893.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.03 C = 100.45 F Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 37.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 296.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.48 mb = 1619.30 m = 5312.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.48 mb = 4227.51 m = 13869.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.48 mb = 12161.33 m = 39898.89 ft B at Equ Level: 525.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.48 mb = 14277.09 m = 46840.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.3 neg: -8.0 tot: 114.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 15.16 Bulk Shear: 34.97 m/s