MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.80,-92.23 Latitude: 38.80 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 990 236 26.5 14.6 48 11.9 18.7 171 6 300.4 302.4 292.2 331.6 10.59 2 950 599 20.8 13.6 63 7.2 16.1 169 8 298.3 300.2 291.3 328.4 10.33 3 900 1063 16.3 12.6 79 3.7 14.0 168 8 298.3 300.2 291.2 328.1 10.24 4 850 1547 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.6 168 8 299.0 300.7 291.0 327.7 9.83 5 800 2053 9.9 6.9 81 3.0 8.2 176 8 301.7 303.2 290.3 325.0 7.82 6 750 2589 7.7 4.8 82 2.9 6.1 177 4 305.0 306.3 290.8 326.7 7.22 7 700 3155 4.4 1.9 84 2.5 3.0 270 2 307.4 308.5 290.7 326.5 6.26 8 650 3756 2.0 -10.6 39 12.6 -3.2 339 8 311.2 311.7 288.6 319.6 2.62 9 600 4398 -1.1 -16.4 30 15.3 -6.6 337 18 314.8 315.1 288.9 320.6 1.77 10 550 5086 -5.2 -23.1 23 17.8 -10.5 331 24 317.9 318.1 289.2 321.6 1.08 11 500 5827 -9.8 -29.2 19 19.4 -14.5 329 32 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.5 0.68 12 450 6634 -13.6 -47.1 4 33.5 -18.6 331 37 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 13 400 7518 -20.0 -51.0 5 31.0 -23.6 317 45 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.09 14 350 8494 -26.8 -38.9 31 12.0 -28.5 302 54 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.38 15 300 9588 -35.2 -36.6 88 1.3 -35.4 287 63 335.7 335.8 293.8 337.8 0.56 16 250 10830 -45.4 -50.9 54 5.5 -45.7 292 61 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.14 17 200 12282 -54.5 -64.2 29 9.8 -54.6 298 64 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14105 -60.0 -78.7 7 18.8 -60.2 306 63 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16592 -63.6 -84.1 5 20.4 -63.8 327 36 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.95 m Freezing level: 618.24 mb = 4163.70 m = 13660.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.78 mb = 3440.44 m = 11287.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.36 mb = 1722.09 m = 5649.85 ft T: 11.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1670.70 m = 5481.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5733.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.65 mb = 1560.20 m = 5118.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.9 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 353.9 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 54.94 m/s