MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 40.05,-93.28 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 986 263 28.5 20.2 61 8.3 22.6 79 9 302.8 305.7 296.2 348.1 15.29 2 950 594 25.0 18.8 69 6.2 20.6 97 12 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.5 14.54 3 900 1067 22.1 16.9 72 5.2 18.5 147 11 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.8 13.60 4 850 1563 19.7 14.2 71 5.5 16.0 194 17 306.7 309.0 295.0 342.9 12.03 5 800 2084 16.4 11.5 72 5.0 13.2 216 26 308.7 310.7 294.6 341.1 10.69 6 750 2631 13.9 7.1 64 6.8 9.7 240 32 311.7 313.3 293.8 337.9 8.48 7 700 3210 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 6.8 251 29 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.4 7.71 8 650 3821 4.4 3.1 91 1.4 3.7 258 29 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.0 7.37 9 600 4468 -0.4 -0.8 97 0.4 -0.7 256 32 315.6 316.8 293.0 334.6 6.01 10 550 5158 -5.2 -9.3 73 4.1 -7.0 258 36 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.43 11 500 5904 -7.9 -9.1 91 1.2 -8.4 277 33 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.2 3.86 12 450 6716 -12.6 -13.6 93 0.9 -13.0 274 30 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.5 2.99 13 400 7607 -17.5 -19.0 88 1.5 -18.0 268 31 332.3 332.7 294.3 339.8 2.14 14 350 8593 -24.6 -27.5 77 2.8 -25.3 266 37 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.7 1.15 15 300 9695 -33.6 -36.8 73 3.2 -34.1 268 43 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.1 0.54 16 250 10943 -44.9 -46.3 86 1.4 -45.0 281 43 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.24 17 200 12399 -54.1 -60.9 43 6.8 -54.3 280 67 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14199 -64.9 -76.0 20 11.1 -65.0 278 70 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16635 -66.9 -82.6 9 15.7 -67.0 269 21 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.94 m Freezing level: 604.47 mb = 4409.94 m = 14468.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.59 mb = 4366.12 m = 14324.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.46 mb = 1317.10 m = 4321.14 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2303.90 m = 7558.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.51 C = 95.92 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 964.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.90 mb = 1513.40 m = 4965.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.90 mb = 3329.60 m = 10923.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.90 mb = 12084.20 m = 39645.84 ft B at Equ Level: 961.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.90 mb = 15063.36 m = 49419.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 358.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 5.31 Bulk Shear: 181.66 m/s