MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 6Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 38.95,-94.24 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 984 272 22.2 20.8 92 1.4 21.2 44 6 296.6 299.5 294.9 342.4 15.86 2 950 582 23.6 19.1 76 4.6 20.4 96 14 301.1 303.9 295.4 344.5 14.76 3 900 1056 23.8 15.4 59 8.5 18.1 132 11 306.1 308.4 295.0 343.0 12.29 4 850 1555 22.0 12.5 55 9.4 15.7 189 13 309.2 311.2 294.8 342.1 10.81 5 800 2079 18.4 9.4 56 9.0 12.6 225 19 310.7 312.5 294.1 339.2 9.26 6 750 2628 13.7 7.0 64 6.8 9.6 243 25 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.4 8.38 7 700 3205 8.6 5.1 79 3.5 6.5 249 29 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.4 7.90 8 650 3814 3.6 2.7 93 1.0 3.1 247 22 313.1 314.4 293.2 335.4 7.15 9 600 4460 -0.4 -1.4 93 1.0 -0.9 254 14 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.0 5.78 10 550 5151 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.8 -5.0 256 17 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.6 4.65 11 500 5896 -8.7 -9.1 97 0.4 -8.9 257 24 322.5 323.2 293.1 335.2 3.84 12 450 6705 -14.0 -14.9 93 0.9 -14.3 258 34 325.7 326.2 293.0 334.8 2.68 13 400 7591 -19.3 -23.8 67 4.6 -20.5 253 40 330.0 330.2 293.0 334.9 1.40 14 350 8571 -25.7 -28.6 77 2.8 -26.3 257 32 334.1 334.3 293.8 337.9 1.04 15 300 9670 -34.1 -36.8 77 2.7 -34.4 267 31 337.4 337.5 294.2 339.4 0.55 16 250 10918 -44.2 -46.4 79 2.2 -44.4 279 46 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.24 17 200 12376 -55.4 -58.7 66 3.3 -55.5 264 50 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14166 -65.2 -75.2 24 10.0 -65.3 263 58 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16601 -68.0 -82.1 11 14.2 -68.1 263 27 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.48 m Freezing level: 604.44 mb = 4402.46 m = 14443.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.94 mb = 4313.97 m = 14153.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.32 % Est. max temperature: 35.12 C = 95.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.78 mb = 447.42 m = 1467.88 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.92 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.69 mb = 2530.30 m = 8301.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.82 C = 98.28 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 39.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 848.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 270.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.43 mb = 1458.93 m = 4786.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.43 mb = 3271.00 m = 10731.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.43 mb = 11921.08 m = 39110.67 ft B at Equ Level: 842.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.43 mb = 14824.37 m = 48635.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 252.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.32 Bulk Shear: 115.83 m/s