MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 38.81,-94.34 Latitude: 38.81 Longitude: -94.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 276 27.1 18.2 58 8.9 20.9 169 8 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.4 13.48 2 950 579 31.1 16.3 41 14.8 20.8 195 28 308.7 311.0 295.8 346.2 12.36 3 900 1062 28.2 13.6 41 14.6 18.4 213 28 310.6 312.7 295.3 344.2 10.97 4 850 1566 24.2 12.2 47 12.0 16.2 227 25 311.5 313.5 295.3 343.9 10.56 5 800 2093 19.8 10.8 56 9.0 13.9 237 21 312.2 314.2 295.2 343.7 10.20 6 750 2646 15.9 7.7 58 8.2 10.8 240 16 313.9 315.6 294.7 341.4 8.85 7 700 3228 11.6 4.6 62 7.0 7.4 242 15 315.3 316.7 294.1 339.2 7.62 8 650 3843 6.5 3.0 78 3.5 4.5 256 17 316.3 317.7 294.1 339.4 7.33 9 600 4494 1.2 -2.8 75 3.9 -0.9 266 14 317.5 318.5 292.8 334.1 5.21 10 550 5188 -3.8 -14.9 42 11.1 -8.0 264 12 319.6 320.0 290.8 326.8 2.18 11 500 5935 -7.1 -24.1 24 17.0 -12.1 282 18 324.4 324.7 291.2 328.3 1.09 12 450 6749 -11.4 -25.4 30 14.0 -15.3 285 23 328.9 329.1 292.4 332.7 1.07 13 400 7642 -17.4 -27.2 42 9.8 -19.8 282 29 332.3 332.6 293.3 336.1 1.03 14 350 8627 -25.3 -31.1 58 5.9 -26.4 286 30 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.7 0.81 15 300 9725 -34.3 -37.3 74 3.0 -34.7 290 30 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.52 16 250 10974 -44.1 -48.2 64 4.0 -44.4 294 51 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.19 17 200 12439 -53.5 -62.1 34 8.7 -53.7 295 65 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14237 -65.6 -74.6 28 8.9 -65.7 296 65 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16660 -69.7 -82.3 14 12.6 -69.8 281 30 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.41 m Freezing level: 588.32 mb = 4656.45 m = 15276.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.06 mb = 4385.95 m = 14389.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 37.05 C = 98.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.51 mb = 1427.11 m = 4682.06 ft T: 25.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3305.07 m = 10843.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.72 C = 105.29 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 655.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 291.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.71 mb = 2490.89 m = 8172.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.71 mb = 3985.82 m = 13076.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.71 mb = 11851.72 m = 38883.12 ft B at Equ Level: 645.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.71 mb = 14704.75 m = 48243.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.4 neg: -9.3 tot: 185.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 18.05 Bulk Shear: 36.33 m/s