MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 38.97,-94.26 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -94.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 984 274 30.8 18.5 48 12.3 22.2 313 4 305.4 308.0 295.8 346.6 13.77 2 950 586 30.9 16.0 41 15.0 20.6 309 11 308.5 310.8 295.6 345.2 12.09 3 900 1068 26.9 13.8 44 13.1 18.1 275 9 309.2 311.3 295.0 343.0 11.08 4 850 1569 22.7 12.1 51 10.6 15.7 234 11 310.0 312.0 294.8 342.0 10.50 5 800 2094 18.1 10.9 63 7.2 13.4 223 15 310.4 312.4 294.8 341.9 10.26 6 750 2642 13.1 9.6 79 3.5 10.9 224 18 310.8 312.7 294.7 341.7 10.07 7 700 3219 9.0 4.4 72 4.7 6.3 246 21 312.5 313.9 293.3 335.8 7.50 8 650 3830 6.0 -8.5 35 14.5 -0.6 259 21 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.7 3.09 9 600 4479 1.2 -15.0 29 16.2 -5.0 256 22 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.2 1.99 10 550 5173 -3.5 -23.6 19 20.1 -9.5 264 24 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.6 1.04 11 500 5921 -7.3 -14.5 57 7.2 -10.0 269 26 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.6 2.49 12 450 6735 -11.9 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.9 269 28 328.3 328.8 293.7 337.7 2.77 13 400 7628 -17.2 -21.4 70 4.2 -18.5 276 30 332.6 333.0 294.0 338.7 1.73 14 350 8616 -24.2 -30.4 56 6.2 -25.5 268 31 336.2 336.4 294.1 339.4 0.87 15 300 9719 -33.3 -39.5 53 6.3 -34.0 260 33 338.5 338.6 294.3 340.1 0.41 16 250 10970 -43.8 -44.0 98 0.1 -43.8 272 40 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.1 0.31 17 200 12433 -53.5 -62.1 34 8.6 -53.7 273 63 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.04 18 150 14233 -64.9 -74.9 24 10.0 -65.0 273 59 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16654 -69.2 -82.1 14 12.9 -69.3 276 24 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.29 m Freezing level: 586.98 mb = 4659.82 m = 15287.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.13 mb = 3777.81 m = 12394.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.53 C = 95.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.36 mb = 1844.73 m = 6052.19 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 23.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.30 mb = 2830.55 m = 9286.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.74 C = 98.13 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.66 mb = 2477.82 m = 8129.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.66 mb = 3341.69 m = 10963.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.66 mb = 11526.57 m = 37816.36 ft B at Equ Level: 520.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.66 mb = 14246.86 m = 46741.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.7 neg: -9.6 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 18.11 Bulk Shear: 28.82 m/s