MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.87,-91.87 Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -91.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 996 213 22.6 11.0 48 11.6 15.5 118 6 296.1 297.6 288.8 320.2 8.32 2 950 625 19.7 8.8 49 10.9 13.3 117 15 297.2 298.6 288.5 319.2 7.51 3 900 1088 17.5 7.7 52 9.8 11.7 125 13 299.5 300.9 289.1 321.1 7.32 4 850 1575 14.7 7.2 61 7.5 10.3 134 8 301.5 302.9 289.9 323.9 7.53 5 800 2085 10.8 6.3 74 4.5 8.2 140 6 302.7 304.1 290.3 325.0 7.49 6 750 2620 6.8 4.3 84 2.5 5.4 172 4 304.0 305.3 290.2 324.9 6.96 7 700 3183 3.1 2.7 97 0.4 2.9 217 5 305.9 307.1 290.6 326.1 6.66 8 650 3781 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 247 8 309.1 310.3 291.0 327.4 5.92 9 600 4420 -3.2 -3.7 96 0.5 -3.5 302 7 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.6 4.84 10 550 5105 -6.3 -7.8 90 1.4 -7.0 328 8 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.0 3.87 11 500 5844 -10.9 -12.0 92 1.1 -11.3 315 10 319.8 320.4 291.7 329.9 3.06 12 450 6647 -15.9 -17.3 89 1.4 -16.4 322 9 323.2 323.7 291.9 330.7 2.19 13 400 7524 -22.2 -22.8 95 0.6 -22.4 289 11 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.5 1.53 14 350 8491 -29.3 -30.5 89 1.2 -29.5 280 12 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.86 15 300 9573 -37.6 -38.5 91 0.9 -37.7 282 14 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.46 16 250 10802 -48.7 -48.7 100 0.0 -48.7 268 21 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12241 -54.7 -65.4 26 10.7 -54.9 288 60 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14064 -58.0 -78.6 6 20.5 -58.3 300 43 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16588 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.7 327 18 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.30 m Freezing level: 647.73 mb = 3810.46 m = 12501.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.90 mb = 3794.90 m = 12450.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.63 mb = 1677.99 m = 5505.16 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.06 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.73 mb = 2865.69 m = 9401.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8565.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.67 mb = 2025.15 m = 6644.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -4.4 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 24.34 m/s