MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 38.98,-94.54 Latitude: 38.98 Longitude: -94.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 981 284 29.1 18.7 54 10.4 21.8 274 7 303.9 306.5 295.6 345.5 13.99 2 950 567 26.1 17.0 57 9.2 19.8 270 13 303.7 306.1 294.8 342.1 12.93 3 900 1041 21.7 15.9 69 5.9 17.7 259 14 303.9 306.2 294.7 341.6 12.69 4 850 1534 17.2 14.6 85 2.5 15.5 249 16 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.1 12.42 5 800 2049 13.3 13.1 99 0.2 13.1 247 17 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.0 11.92 6 750 2591 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.1 270 19 307.6 309.3 293.3 335.8 9.33 7 700 3161 6.1 0.1 66 5.9 2.9 281 23 309.2 310.2 290.7 326.3 5.53 8 650 3764 2.1 -11.9 34 14.1 -3.5 286 24 311.4 311.8 288.4 319.0 2.35 9 600 4406 -0.7 -21.7 19 21.0 -7.4 298 24 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.1 1.12 10 550 5096 -3.7 -31.0 10 27.2 -10.5 307 27 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.5 0.52 11 500 5843 -7.7 -37.9 7 30.1 -13.9 308 30 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.29 12 450 6653 -13.7 -32.8 18 19.1 -17.8 309 32 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.54 13 400 7534 -21.3 -36.7 24 15.4 -23.8 313 32 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.41 14 350 8503 -29.0 -39.4 36 10.4 -30.3 312 34 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.36 15 300 9587 -36.8 -52.7 18 15.9 -37.8 318 40 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.10 16 250 10821 -46.9 -53.9 45 6.9 -47.2 312 49 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.10 17 200 12265 -56.3 -63.2 42 6.9 -56.4 313 53 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 14078 -59.8 -75.9 10 16.2 -60.0 309 53 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16593 -62.2 -83.6 4 21.4 -62.4 313 18 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.76 m Freezing level: 612.80 mb = 4241.61 m = 13915.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.12 mb = 3431.55 m = 11258.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.96 mb = 1594.53 m = 5231.32 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 26.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.87 mb = 1861.32 m = 6106.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1174.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.59 mb = 1730.18 m = 5676.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.59 mb = 1989.85 m = 6528.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.59 mb = 12086.87 m = 39654.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1167.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.59 mb = 14704.46 m = 48242.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 70.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 69.42 Bulk Shear: 16.92 m/s