MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 38.55,-90.50 Latitude: 38.55 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 180 30.8 20.7 55 10.0 23.5 17 9 304.3 307.2 296.8 350.9 15.65 2 950 597 26.2 18.8 64 7.4 21.0 23 10 303.8 306.5 296.0 346.9 14.50 3 900 1072 22.8 16.9 70 5.8 18.7 18 2 305.0 307.5 295.7 345.6 13.61 4 850 1568 18.9 15.3 79 3.6 16.5 226 6 306.0 308.4 295.5 345.0 12.99 5 800 2087 15.8 13.0 84 2.8 13.9 234 18 307.9 310.2 295.2 343.8 11.84 6 750 2633 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 248 28 310.2 312.0 294.3 340.0 9.76 7 700 3209 8.0 6.0 87 2.0 6.8 259 30 311.3 312.9 293.6 337.2 8.39 8 650 3816 3.4 -0.6 75 4.1 1.3 262 33 312.9 313.9 291.9 330.5 5.63 9 600 4461 -0.5 -7.3 60 6.8 -3.6 263 36 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.3 3.67 10 550 5153 -3.6 -16.1 37 12.5 -8.1 270 38 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.5 1.98 11 500 5901 -6.8 -26.8 19 19.9 -12.3 274 37 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.7 0.86 12 450 6715 -11.6 -36.9 10 25.4 -16.7 272 37 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.36 13 400 7607 -17.7 -30.4 32 12.7 -20.5 267 36 332.0 332.2 293.0 334.8 0.76 14 350 8592 -24.3 -30.1 59 5.8 -25.5 263 37 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.3 0.89 15 300 9696 -33.3 -39.1 56 5.8 -34.0 261 34 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.2 0.43 16 250 10947 -44.1 -56.6 24 12.4 -44.7 248 46 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 17 200 12407 -55.0 -66.3 23 11.3 -55.2 263 47 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14194 -66.1 -73.8 33 7.7 -66.1 266 54 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16619 -68.9 -82.2 13 13.3 -68.9 272 25 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.90 m Freezing level: 606.49 mb = 4377.57 m = 14361.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.70 mb = 3982.76 m = 13066.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.19 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.43 mb = 1451.94 m = 4763.52 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 24.41 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 2016.15 m = 6614.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.46 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 39.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1161.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.87 mb = 1599.37 m = 5247.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.87 mb = 2724.25 m = 8937.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.87 mb = 12664.33 m = 41549.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1159.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.87 mb = 15948.11 m = 52322.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.0 neg: -5.9 tot: 203.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 9.28 Bulk Shear: 125.26 m/s