MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 38.23,-90.87 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -90.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 985 239 28.0 17.3 52 10.8 20.6 262 7 302.5 304.8 294.3 340.0 12.67 2 950 556 23.3 15.4 61 7.9 18.1 259 12 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.2 11.67 3 900 1024 18.8 14.2 74 4.6 15.8 257 12 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.5 11.40 4 850 1512 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.4 259 13 301.3 303.4 292.7 333.6 10.94 5 800 2023 11.7 6.2 69 5.5 8.5 275 18 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.1 7.47 6 750 2559 8.1 1.6 64 6.4 4.6 285 24 305.3 306.4 289.6 322.8 5.75 7 700 3125 4.4 -2.1 63 6.4 1.2 290 27 307.3 308.2 289.3 321.8 4.70 8 650 3725 0.8 -5.0 65 5.8 -1.9 293 24 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.6 4.06 9 600 4364 -2.4 -9.2 59 6.8 -5.3 298 21 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.5 3.17 10 550 5051 -5.7 -20.9 29 15.3 -10.4 310 22 317.4 317.6 289.3 321.8 1.31 11 500 5791 -10.3 -23.9 32 13.6 -14.0 316 26 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.3 1.11 12 450 6594 -16.0 -24.4 48 8.4 -18.1 316 28 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.3 1.18 13 400 7469 -22.6 -38.9 21 16.3 -25.0 320 30 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 14 350 8435 -29.9 -42.8 27 12.9 -31.3 320 35 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.25 15 300 9512 -39.1 -46.4 46 7.3 -39.6 318 40 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.20 16 250 10734 -48.7 -55.7 44 7.0 -49.0 317 46 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.08 17 200 12180 -54.3 -66.2 22 11.9 -54.5 320 48 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14006 -57.8 -78.5 5 20.8 -58.0 314 37 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16551 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.6 303 19 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.56 m Freezing level: 637.08 mb = 3890.17 m = 12762.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.44 mb = 3354.59 m = 11005.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.73 mb = 1594.66 m = 5231.75 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.15 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1715.97 m = 5629.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 656.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.79 mb = 1584.08 m = 5197.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.79 mb = 2150.57 m = 7055.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.79 mb = 11058.61 m = 36281.10 ft B at Equ Level: 644.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.79 mb = 13294.50 m = 43616.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.9 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 322.9 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 85.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 27.88 Bulk Shear: 23.55 m/s