MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 38.37,-93.12 Latitude: 38.37 Longitude: -93.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 984 290 28.1 21.3 67 6.7 23.2 112 3 302.7 305.7 296.9 351.4 16.46 2 950 596 24.3 19.9 77 4.4 21.2 136 6 301.8 304.7 296.1 347.7 15.56 3 900 1068 19.9 18.8 93 1.1 19.2 157 7 302.1 304.9 296.1 347.4 15.37 4 850 1560 18.0 15.9 88 2.1 16.6 231 10 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.5 13.53 5 800 2079 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.1 254 14 308.1 310.4 295.4 344.4 11.97 6 750 2626 12.4 9.9 85 2.5 10.9 243 16 310.1 312.0 294.7 341.5 10.29 7 700 3202 8.6 7.2 91 1.4 7.7 236 17 312.0 313.7 294.3 340.1 9.12 8 650 3812 4.7 4.2 97 0.5 4.4 232 18 314.2 315.8 294.1 339.1 7.96 9 600 4461 0.8 -0.9 88 1.7 -0.1 236 21 317.1 318.2 293.3 336.1 5.97 10 550 5155 -3.5 -7.0 77 3.5 -5.1 240 20 320.0 320.8 292.6 333.4 4.12 11 500 5903 -7.3 -13.9 59 6.6 -9.9 238 17 324.1 324.6 292.5 333.0 2.62 12 450 6717 -11.9 -16.3 70 4.4 -13.5 256 25 328.3 328.8 293.4 336.5 2.39 13 400 7610 -17.3 -17.8 96 0.5 -17.5 261 28 332.5 333.0 294.5 340.8 2.35 14 350 8599 -23.5 -23.6 99 0.1 -23.5 274 24 337.1 337.4 295.0 342.9 1.63 15 300 9707 -31.9 -31.9 100 -0.0 -31.9 292 18 340.4 340.6 295.2 343.8 0.88 16 250 10966 -42.8 -42.7 100 -0.0 -42.8 294 20 342.5 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12428 -55.4 -57.0 83 1.6 -55.5 272 22 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.09 18 150 14215 -65.2 -70.1 50 4.9 -65.3 223 20 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16660 -63.6 -83.5 5 19.8 -63.8 268 3 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.06 m Freezing level: 590.46 mb = 4593.29 m = 15069.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.09 mb = 4445.99 m = 14586.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.09 mb = 1143.79 m = 3752.55 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1497.09 m = 4911.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 39.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1071.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.57 mb = 1187.51 m = 3895.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.57 mb = 2596.72 m = 8519.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.57 mb = 12994.36 m = 42631.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1060.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.57 mb = 15432.88 m = 50632.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: -3.8 tot: 46.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 27.68 Bulk Shear: 38.71 m/s