MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 37.14,-92.47 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 969 373 29.9 15.8 42 14.1 20.3 235 6 305.8 308.0 294.6 341.0 11.73 2 950 551 26.6 14.8 48 11.8 18.7 231 9 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.7 11.23 3 900 1024 21.9 13.8 60 8.1 16.5 227 11 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.10 4 850 1517 17.4 12.7 74 4.7 14.3 226 13 304.4 306.4 293.6 336.9 10.90 5 800 2032 13.4 10.2 81 3.2 11.4 228 17 305.4 307.2 293.0 334.8 9.78 6 750 2574 10.2 5.8 74 4.4 7.6 210 18 307.7 309.1 292.0 331.2 7.73 7 700 3144 5.7 4.3 91 1.4 4.9 197 17 308.7 310.1 292.1 331.5 7.44 8 650 3747 2.5 -5.3 56 7.8 -1.2 208 17 311.8 312.5 290.1 324.4 3.97 9 600 4391 -0.0 -12.8 37 12.8 -5.1 234 23 316.1 316.6 289.9 323.9 2.38 10 550 5084 -3.1 -23.6 19 20.5 -9.4 240 27 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.0 1.03 11 500 5832 -7.1 -27.9 17 20.8 -12.6 235 28 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.1 0.77 12 450 6646 -11.5 -20.6 47 9.1 -14.4 239 30 328.7 329.1 292.9 334.5 1.65 13 400 7539 -17.2 -23.8 57 6.6 -19.1 237 32 332.6 332.9 293.7 337.6 1.40 14 350 8526 -24.3 -29.5 62 5.2 -25.4 226 30 336.0 336.2 294.2 339.6 0.95 15 300 9631 -32.7 -33.6 92 0.9 -32.9 240 34 339.2 339.4 294.8 342.1 0.75 16 250 10888 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 263 38 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.8 0.35 17 200 12346 -56.9 -57.0 99 0.1 -56.9 276 42 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.09 18 150 14126 -61.0 -75.0 14 14.0 -61.2 296 47 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16578 -67.9 -81.7 12 13.9 -67.9 262 26 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.88 m Freezing level: 600.29 mb = 4387.30 m = 14393.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.59 mb = 3627.65 m = 11901.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.34 mb = 2144.76 m = 7036.54 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.09 mb = 2340.97 m = 7680.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 0.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.63 mb = 2057.23 m = 6749.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.63 mb = 2767.35 m = 9079.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.63 mb = 4902.90 m = 16085.43 ft B at Equ Level: 68.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 422.63 mb = 7121.92 m = 23365.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -18.6 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 14.42 m/s