MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 39.20,-94.32 Latitude: 39.20 Longitude: -94.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 980 281 28.0 19.2 59 8.8 21.8 200 9 302.9 305.5 295.6 345.5 14.39 2 950 558 27.0 17.9 58 9.1 20.6 201 19 304.6 307.1 295.6 345.4 13.71 3 900 1034 22.5 16.9 70 5.7 18.6 200 22 304.7 307.2 295.6 345.1 13.54 4 850 1528 17.9 15.7 87 2.2 16.4 199 22 304.9 307.4 295.4 344.7 13.32 5 800 2045 14.6 13.4 93 1.2 13.8 209 23 306.7 308.9 295.1 343.2 12.14 6 750 2590 12.3 8.8 79 3.5 10.1 226 25 309.9 311.7 294.1 339.0 9.51 7 700 3167 9.3 5.4 77 3.9 7.0 237 25 312.8 314.3 293.8 337.9 8.07 8 650 3778 5.5 2.7 82 2.8 3.9 248 29 315.1 316.5 293.7 337.6 7.16 9 600 4428 1.5 -4.8 63 6.3 -1.6 259 31 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.2 4.46 10 550 5123 -3.6 -8.9 66 5.3 -6.0 275 33 319.8 320.5 292.1 331.4 3.54 11 500 5867 -9.6 -18.5 48 9.0 -12.5 277 32 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.4 1.77 12 450 6676 -13.5 -32.2 19 18.7 -17.6 286 35 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.4 0.57 13 400 7559 -20.3 -34.8 26 14.5 -22.9 292 37 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.50 14 350 8533 -27.5 -42.0 24 14.6 -29.3 291 37 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.27 15 300 9626 -35.1 -48.0 26 12.9 -36.2 289 37 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.17 16 250 10870 -45.0 -52.8 41 7.8 -45.4 307 51 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.11 17 200 12322 -56.2 -60.8 56 4.6 -56.3 308 57 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14114 -63.1 -73.0 25 9.9 -63.3 296 52 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16608 -64.1 -83.8 5 19.8 -64.2 285 17 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.49 m Freezing level: 585.61 mb = 4628.14 m = 15184.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.71 mb = 4231.37 m = 13882.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.08 mb = 1406.12 m = 4613.19 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.07 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.38 mb = 1903.79 m = 6245.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1218.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.66 mb = 1683.54 m = 5523.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.66 mb = 3289.26 m = 10791.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.66 mb = 12652.64 m = 41510.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1200.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.66 mb = 15503.59 m = 50864.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 135.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 26.02 Bulk Shear: 46.82 m/s