MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F375.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F375.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 375 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 36.12,-94.21 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 968 413 31.3 19.0 48 12.2 22.5 229 4 307.3 310.0 296.8 350.8 14.46 2 950 578 30.1 16.8 45 13.2 20.8 230 7 307.7 310.1 295.8 346.3 12.78 3 900 1058 25.6 15.5 54 10.1 18.7 222 9 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.5 12.42 4 850 1558 20.9 14.5 67 6.5 16.5 213 9 308.1 310.4 295.6 345.2 12.27 5 800 2079 16.3 12.9 80 3.4 14.0 205 9 308.5 310.7 295.3 344.1 11.75 6 750 2625 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 204 7 309.4 311.5 295.0 342.9 10.99 7 700 3201 8.5 8.0 97 0.5 8.2 231 1 311.9 313.7 294.7 341.6 9.64 8 650 3812 5.7 2.9 82 2.8 4.1 342 9 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.3 7.27 9 600 4464 2.2 -1.5 76 3.7 0.3 321 13 318.7 319.8 293.6 337.0 5.72 10 550 5162 -2.0 -5.5 77 3.5 -3.7 313 15 321.7 322.6 293.5 336.7 4.61 11 500 5913 -6.7 -11.8 67 5.1 -8.8 290 17 324.8 325.5 293.1 335.2 3.10 12 450 6728 -12.4 -16.0 74 3.7 -13.7 277 20 327.7 328.1 293.3 336.0 2.43 13 400 7616 -18.8 -20.0 90 1.2 -19.1 261 16 330.6 331.0 293.7 337.5 1.96 14 350 8598 -25.7 -25.8 99 0.1 -25.7 251 15 334.2 334.4 294.1 339.0 1.34 15 300 9697 -33.6 -35.7 81 2.1 -33.9 241 8 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.3 0.60 16 250 10950 -43.2 -46.7 69 3.5 -43.5 229 13 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 17 200 12414 -54.0 -62.5 35 8.5 -54.2 255 28 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14216 -63.9 -76.9 15 13.0 -64.0 267 34 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16637 -70.6 -82.7 15 12.1 -70.6 294 18 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.55 m Freezing level: 573.86 mb = 4828.56 m = 15841.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.81 mb = 4506.34 m = 14784.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.99 mb = 1961.61 m = 6435.65 ft T: 17.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 15.60 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.29 mb = 2432.30 m = 7979.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 41.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.74 mb = 2274.36 m = 7461.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.74 mb = 2549.39 m = 8364.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.74 mb = 12196.86 m = 40015.45 ft B at Equ Level: 833.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.74 mb = 15222.34 m = 49941.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.7 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 311.7 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -19.7 tot: -9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 89.43 Bulk Shear: 9.41 m/s