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: 38.95,-94.29 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 275 30.6 18.8 50 11.7 22.3 41 2 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.2 14.05 2 950 583 27.8 16.9 51 10.9 20.2 111 1 305.4 307.8 295.3 343.9 12.84 3 900 1060 24.2 14.7 55 9.5 17.8 242 5 306.4 308.6 294.7 341.7 11.74 4 850 1558 21.7 11.1 51 10.6 14.8 257 16 308.9 310.8 294.0 338.9 9.84 5 800 2081 18.1 8.5 54 9.6 12.1 255 23 310.5 312.1 293.7 337.4 8.76 6 750 2630 13.3 6.0 61 7.3 8.9 252 26 311.0 312.5 293.1 335.2 7.86 7 700 3206 8.7 1.1 59 7.6 4.5 252 26 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.6 5.93 8 650 3814 4.0 -2.7 62 6.7 0.6 258 26 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.8 4.83 9 600 4460 0.0 -0.7 95 0.8 -0.4 267 29 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.3 6.05 10 550 5154 -3.9 -4.8 94 0.9 -4.4 273 33 319.4 320.4 293.1 335.2 4.87 11 500 5900 -8.8 -10.3 88 1.6 -9.4 267 36 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.9 3.48 12 450 6708 -13.7 -15.4 87 1.7 -14.3 265 39 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.8 2.57 13 400 7596 -18.6 -19.5 92 0.9 -18.9 261 34 330.8 331.2 293.8 337.9 2.04 14 350 8579 -25.4 -25.7 96 0.4 -25.5 256 37 334.6 334.8 294.2 339.4 1.34 15 300 9677 -34.4 -34.9 94 0.6 -34.4 258 41 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.4 0.66 16 250 10924 -44.5 -45.7 88 1.1 -44.6 253 52 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.9 0.26 17 200 12383 -54.4 -61.1 44 6.7 -54.6 257 56 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14178 -65.0 -75.2 23 10.2 -65.1 256 54 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16613 -68.6 -82.0 13 13.4 -68.7 263 27 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.61 m Freezing level: 599.86 mb = 4462.08 m = 14639.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.60 mb = 4200.76 m = 13781.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.44 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.06 mb = 1763.13 m = 5784.47 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 18.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.46 mb = 2703.05 m = 8868.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.74 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.33 mb = 2077.87 m = 6817.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.33 mb = 3260.87 m = 10698.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.33 mb = 11603.22 m = 38067.85 ft B at Equ Level: 730.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.33 mb = 14795.98 m = 48542.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 8.50 Bulk Shear: 86.32 m/s