MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 38.86,-94.37 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 981 278 29.1 16.2 46 12.9 20.3 215 8 304.0 306.2 294.1 339.4 11.89 2 950 560 27.9 14.3 43 13.6 18.8 217 17 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.1 10.86 3 900 1037 23.6 13.0 51 10.6 16.6 219 17 305.8 307.8 293.7 337.3 10.50 4 850 1532 19.5 10.4 55 9.2 13.7 226 16 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.34 5 800 2051 15.9 6.9 55 8.9 10.5 243 15 308.1 309.5 292.3 332.0 7.85 6 750 2596 11.8 6.4 69 5.4 8.6 274 14 309.4 311.0 292.9 334.2 8.08 7 700 3170 7.9 4.5 79 3.3 5.9 312 15 311.2 312.6 292.9 334.6 7.57 8 650 3777 3.3 0.1 79 3.3 1.6 343 18 312.7 313.9 292.0 331.3 5.93 9 600 4421 -1.0 -11.5 45 10.5 -5.3 349 20 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.6 2.65 10 550 5112 -3.7 -24.0 19 20.3 -9.7 354 22 319.7 319.9 289.7 323.2 1.00 11 500 5858 -8.5 -27.7 20 19.2 -13.5 350 24 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.5 0.78 12 450 6665 -14.6 -30.0 26 15.4 -18.1 343 25 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.71 13 400 7545 -21.1 -35.8 25 14.7 -23.6 345 21 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.45 14 350 8516 -28.8 -40.9 30 12.1 -30.2 340 20 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.31 15 300 9599 -37.4 -43.6 52 6.2 -37.9 326 23 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.27 16 250 10830 -47.7 -52.0 61 4.3 -47.9 327 30 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12273 -55.4 -62.6 40 7.3 -55.5 318 50 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14092 -59.7 -78.5 7 18.8 -59.9 307 46 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16591 -64.4 -83.6 5 19.3 -64.6 327 26 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.54 m Freezing level: 611.54 mb = 4272.56 m = 14017.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.32 mb = 3923.31 m = 12871.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.53 mb = 1918.22 m = 6293.30 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.34 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2828.90 m = 9281.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.28 C = 95.51 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.87 mb = 2277.12 m = 7470.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.87 mb = 3604.43 m = 11825.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.87 mb = 11261.37 m = 36946.29 ft B at Equ Level: 456.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.87 mb = 13158.04 m = 43168.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 5.89 Bulk Shear: 78.74 m/s