MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 36.47,-89.25 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -89.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 994 100 20.4 20.1 98 0.4 20.2 15 16 294.1 296.8 293.6 336.9 15.02 2 950 495 18.7 18.7 100 -0.0 18.7 28 34 296.1 298.7 293.7 337.6 14.41 3 900 960 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 57 36 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.8 14.34 4 850 1450 16.4 16.4 100 0.0 16.4 51 25 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.6 13.90 5 800 1966 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.2 40 23 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.7 12.79 6 750 2510 11.9 11.9 100 0.0 11.9 39 24 309.5 311.7 295.6 345.2 11.73 7 700 3087 9.4 8.6 95 0.8 8.9 49 25 312.9 314.8 295.3 344.0 10.06 8 650 3701 6.7 5.5 92 1.2 5.9 43 25 316.5 318.2 295.3 344.0 8.74 9 600 4355 3.0 2.8 99 0.1 2.9 44 24 319.5 321.1 295.4 344.6 7.86 10 550 5056 -0.1 -1.2 92 1.1 -0.7 41 25 323.9 325.2 295.4 344.7 6.38 11 500 5816 -3.3 -5.7 83 2.4 -4.5 31 25 329.0 330.0 295.7 345.7 5.00 12 450 6644 -7.8 -10.2 83 2.4 -8.9 26 22 333.4 334.2 296.0 346.9 3.92 13 400 7551 -13.6 -18.9 64 5.3 -15.4 21 20 337.4 337.8 295.5 345.0 2.15 14 350 8555 -19.5 -26.3 55 6.8 -21.3 9 11 342.5 342.8 296.0 347.3 1.28 15 300 9683 -27.5 -34.5 51 7.0 -28.8 298 9 346.6 346.8 296.5 349.3 0.68 16 250 10966 -38.0 -38.1 98 0.2 -38.0 205 11 349.6 349.7 297.0 351.8 0.57 17 200 12461 -50.8 -54.0 69 3.2 -51.0 173 15 352.3 352.3 297.3 352.8 0.12 18 150 14276 -63.7 -74.3 22 10.6 -63.8 275 22 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16709 -69.7 -82.2 15 12.5 -69.8 285 12 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.77 m Freezing level: 552.23 mb = 5025.14 m = 16486.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 560.21 mb = 4908.11 m = 16102.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.22 mb = 145.42 m = 477.09 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.24 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.59 mb = 435.00 m = 1427.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.18 C = 71.93 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.67 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.21 mb = 565.55 m = 1855.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.21 mb = 611.32 m = 2005.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 927.21 mb = 703.59 m = 2308.34 ft B at Equ Level: 24.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.21 mb = 1477.67 m = 4847.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.9 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 71.9 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.4 neg: -36.9 tot: 146.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.44 Bulk Shear: 7.17 m/s