MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 38.37,-90.63 Latitude: 38.37 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 994 203 24.0 22.4 91 1.6 22.9 106 8 297.7 300.9 296.3 348.3 17.44 2 950 601 23.0 19.6 81 3.4 20.6 110 17 300.5 303.3 295.6 345.3 15.27 3 900 1072 21.3 16.9 76 4.4 18.2 139 11 303.4 305.9 295.2 343.7 13.57 4 850 1567 19.2 12.6 66 6.6 14.9 218 8 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.9 10.86 5 800 2087 16.3 10.2 67 6.1 12.4 259 16 308.5 310.3 293.9 338.3 9.81 6 750 2633 12.3 8.3 76 4.1 9.8 271 24 310.0 311.7 293.9 338.1 9.19 7 700 3208 8.0 5.8 86 2.3 6.7 278 27 311.4 313.0 293.6 336.9 8.28 8 650 3816 4.4 1.7 83 2.7 2.9 279 28 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.9 6.70 9 600 4464 0.7 -5.7 62 6.4 -2.3 270 35 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.4 4.17 10 550 5158 -3.9 -9.5 65 5.6 -6.3 265 36 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.5 3.37 11 500 5904 -7.8 -10.9 78 3.1 -9.1 269 39 323.5 324.2 293.0 334.6 3.32 12 450 6716 -12.7 -20.9 50 8.2 -15.2 270 40 327.3 327.6 292.5 332.9 1.61 13 400 7605 -18.1 -27.1 45 9.0 -20.3 265 40 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.2 1.04 14 350 8591 -24.4 -32.3 48 7.9 -25.9 258 39 335.9 336.0 294.0 338.6 0.73 15 300 9694 -33.3 -44.7 31 11.4 -34.5 254 40 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.4 0.24 16 250 10948 -42.5 -46.5 65 4.0 -42.8 244 34 342.9 342.9 295.3 343.8 0.24 17 200 12418 -54.0 -57.5 66 3.5 -54.1 247 39 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14204 -67.5 -70.8 63 3.3 -67.6 257 50 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16621 -68.6 -82.0 13 13.4 -68.7 278 24 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.33 m Freezing level: 592.14 mb = 4573.22 m = 15003.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.03 mb = 4172.32 m = 13688.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.21 mb = 407.09 m = 1335.57 ft T: 23.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1955.67 m = 6416.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.69 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 781.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.71 mb = 1084.63 m = 3558.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.71 mb = 2815.79 m = 9238.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.71 mb = 11679.63 m = 38318.54 ft B at Equ Level: 777.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.71 mb = 15352.34 m = 50367.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 179.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 189.77 m/s