MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-92.52 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -92.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 984 268 28.5 21.9 67 6.6 23.7 55 6 303.0 306.2 297.4 353.5 17.03 2 950 578 25.5 19.9 71 5.7 21.5 79 6 303.1 305.9 296.4 349.1 15.53 3 900 1053 22.2 18.4 79 3.8 19.5 154 6 304.4 307.2 296.4 349.1 14.99 4 850 1548 18.6 16.8 89 1.8 17.4 185 10 305.6 308.3 296.3 348.5 14.31 5 800 2067 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.8 203 12 307.6 310.0 296.0 347.0 13.04 6 750 2613 12.1 11.1 93 1.0 11.4 226 16 309.7 311.8 295.2 343.6 11.11 7 700 3189 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.1 234 19 312.0 313.8 294.7 341.4 9.54 8 650 3799 4.9 4.3 96 0.5 4.5 236 21 314.5 316.0 294.2 339.6 8.06 9 600 4449 0.8 -1.0 88 1.8 -0.2 239 22 317.1 318.2 293.3 336.0 5.94 10 550 5143 -3.2 -7.0 75 3.8 -5.0 239 22 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.7 4.11 11 500 5893 -7.0 -11.2 72 4.3 -8.8 244 23 324.5 325.2 293.2 335.4 3.24 12 450 6709 -11.1 -12.6 89 1.5 -11.8 256 25 329.2 329.9 294.4 340.2 3.22 13 400 7605 -16.3 -17.7 89 1.4 -16.8 264 27 333.8 334.3 294.8 342.1 2.37 14 350 8597 -22.9 -24.2 89 1.2 -23.2 267 28 337.9 338.2 295.1 343.5 1.55 15 300 9709 -31.0 -31.2 98 0.2 -31.0 272 23 341.7 341.9 295.6 345.2 0.94 16 250 10972 -41.9 -42.0 98 0.1 -41.9 283 20 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.3 0.38 17 200 12442 -54.3 -55.1 90 0.9 -54.3 278 23 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.11 18 150 14223 -68.1 -69.3 85 1.2 -68.1 250 25 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16664 -65.4 -83.1 7 17.6 -65.5 267 11 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.80 m Freezing level: 589.55 mb = 4593.72 m = 15071.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.66 mb = 4426.10 m = 14521.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1108.39 m = 3636.40 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.79 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1670.73 m = 5481.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 41.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1153.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.80 mb = 1368.29 m = 4489.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.80 mb = 2036.89 m = 6682.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.80 mb = 13347.03 m = 43788.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.80 mb = 15938.64 m = 52291.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 17.53 Bulk Shear: 65.79 m/s