MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 36.10,-94.21 Latitude: 36.10 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 127 SFC 968 414 27.8 19.3 60 8.5 21.8 150 5 303.8 306.5 296.1 347.5 14.70 2 950 579 29.0 17.2 49 11.8 20.8 169 9 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.9 13.08 3 900 1058 25.4 15.4 54 10.0 18.6 184 8 307.7 310.0 295.5 344.9 12.33 4 850 1558 21.0 14.3 65 6.7 16.4 196 7 308.1 310.4 295.5 344.8 12.12 5 800 2079 16.3 12.8 80 3.5 14.0 204 7 308.6 310.8 295.3 344.1 11.70 6 750 2625 12.0 10.8 93 1.2 11.2 214 7 309.6 311.6 295.0 342.8 10.91 7 700 3201 8.4 7.9 97 0.4 8.1 320 1 311.8 313.6 294.7 341.4 9.63 8 650 3811 5.3 3.6 89 1.7 4.3 334 11 314.9 316.4 294.0 338.8 7.63 9 600 4463 2.1 -0.4 83 2.6 0.7 318 14 318.6 319.8 293.9 338.4 6.19 10 550 5161 -2.0 -6.7 70 4.6 -4.2 311 14 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.6 4.23 11 500 5912 -6.6 -11.6 68 5.0 -8.7 296 16 325.0 325.6 293.2 335.6 3.16 12 450 6727 -12.1 -18.1 61 5.9 -14.2 282 18 328.0 328.4 293.1 335.0 2.05 13 400 7617 -18.5 -20.5 84 2.0 -19.1 266 20 331.0 331.4 293.7 337.6 1.87 14 350 8600 -25.3 -27.4 83 2.0 -25.8 256 14 334.6 334.9 294.0 338.8 1.16 15 300 9701 -33.3 -38.1 62 4.8 -33.9 240 12 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.48 16 250 10955 -43.1 -44.7 84 1.6 -43.2 246 17 342.0 342.0 295.1 343.1 0.28 17 200 12420 -53.9 -63.6 30 9.7 -54.1 261 29 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14226 -63.3 -77.7 12 14.4 -63.4 281 31 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16650 -71.6 -82.8 17 11.2 -71.6 305 22 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.15 m Freezing level: 574.26 mb = 4821.94 m = 15819.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.66 mb = 4561.45 m = 14965.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.89 mb = 1507.37 m = 4945.39 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 11.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2437.80 m = 7997.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.21 C = 91.78 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 41.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.81 mb = 2176.83 m = 7141.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.81 mb = 2671.99 m = 8766.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.81 mb = 11920.76 m = 39109.64 ft B at Equ Level: 687.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.81 mb = 14819.87 m = 48621.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.2 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 316.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 21.21 Bulk Shear: 32.72 m/s