MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.83,-91.9 Latitude: 37.83 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 984 316 34.3 15.2 32 19.1 21.2 187 4 308.9 311.0 295.0 342.6 11.11 2 950 626 30.1 13.5 36 16.6 19.0 187 6 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.8 10.27 3 900 1105 25.3 12.5 45 12.8 16.9 186 6 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.5 10.18 4 850 1603 20.6 11.6 56 9.0 14.7 183 5 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.3 10.11 5 800 2123 15.6 10.5 72 5.1 12.4 181 4 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.2 10.03 6 750 2667 10.5 9.1 91 1.4 9.6 181 3 308.0 309.8 293.7 337.5 9.72 7 700 3240 10.0 -5.2 34 15.2 2.6 344 8 313.5 314.3 290.4 325.4 3.70 8 650 3852 6.4 -2.6 53 8.9 1.8 330 12 316.2 317.1 292.2 331.7 4.88 9 600 4503 1.6 -5.3 60 6.9 -1.7 321 13 317.9 318.8 292.2 331.8 4.29 10 550 5198 -3.6 -11.7 54 8.0 -6.9 319 14 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.85 11 500 5944 -8.8 -17.4 50 8.7 -11.8 322 14 322.3 322.7 291.4 329.0 1.95 12 450 6751 -14.3 -21.3 55 7.0 -16.3 315 17 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.7 1.55 13 400 7634 -20.3 -24.3 71 4.0 -21.4 319 22 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.3 1.34 14 350 8607 -28.2 -29.8 86 1.6 -28.5 322 22 330.8 331.0 292.8 334.1 0.92 15 300 9694 -36.4 -39.9 70 3.5 -36.7 312 23 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.40 16 250 10935 -45.3 -51.5 50 6.2 -45.6 319 25 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.13 17 200 12392 -53.9 -67.0 18 13.2 -54.1 307 29 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14202 -60.0 -75.3 12 15.3 -60.2 255 25 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16701 -63.8 -83.5 5 19.7 -64.0 204 9 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.57 m Freezing level: 584.85 mb = 4713.95 m = 15465.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.72 mb = 4175.05 m = 13697.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.10 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.00 mb = 2700.30 m = 8859.13 ft T: 10.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 17.26 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.27 mb = 3476.26 m = 11404.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.92 C = 103.85 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 25.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 419.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.19 mb = 2709.26 m = 8888.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.19 mb = 4757.68 m = 15608.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.19 mb = 10902.45 m = 35768.76 ft B at Equ Level: 415.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.19 mb = 13013.08 m = 42693.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 177.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -3.9 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.56 Bulk Shear: 23.89 m/s