MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 37.71,-94.05 Latitude: 37.71 Longitude: -94.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 978 285 28.8 19.0 55 9.8 21.9 319 4 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.3 14.27 2 950 541 28.6 16.3 47 12.3 20.1 299 8 306.2 308.5 295.1 343.2 12.32 3 900 1019 24.3 14.9 56 9.4 17.9 274 10 306.6 308.8 294.9 342.5 11.93 4 850 1516 19.8 13.7 68 6.1 15.7 266 13 306.9 309.0 294.8 342.0 11.66 5 800 2035 15.1 12.0 82 3.1 13.1 270 16 307.3 309.3 294.5 340.7 11.09 6 750 2580 12.8 2.5 50 10.3 7.1 298 21 310.5 311.6 291.6 329.5 6.13 7 700 3155 7.9 1.5 64 6.5 4.4 309 26 311.3 312.4 291.7 330.2 6.09 8 650 3762 3.6 -6.4 48 10.0 -1.0 324 30 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.6 3.63 9 600 4407 0.4 -20.0 20 20.4 -6.4 333 31 316.6 316.9 289.0 321.1 1.31 10 550 5099 -3.9 -18.7 31 14.8 -8.9 332 35 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.9 1.59 11 500 5844 -8.7 -25.0 26 16.3 -13.3 332 36 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.9 1.00 12 450 6651 -14.4 -36.5 13 22.1 -18.6 336 36 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.37 13 400 7532 -21.2 -37.4 22 16.2 -23.8 337 35 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.39 14 350 8501 -29.4 -39.8 36 10.4 -30.7 333 40 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.34 15 300 9582 -37.3 -50.7 23 13.4 -38.2 330 47 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.12 16 250 10815 -47.1 -58.1 27 11.0 -47.5 333 55 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.06 17 200 12263 -55.0 -62.4 39 7.4 -55.2 317 55 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14078 -59.7 -76.5 9 16.8 -59.9 310 50 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16579 -64.0 -83.5 5 19.5 -64.1 324 23 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.62 m Freezing level: 594.90 mb = 4477.74 m = 14690.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.50 mb = 3642.88 m = 11951.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.85 mb = 1537.69 m = 5044.86 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.24 mb = 2599.75 m = 8529.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.38 C = 95.68 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 35.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.94 mb = 2078.07 m = 6817.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.94 mb = 3025.75 m = 9926.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.94 mb = 11916.94 m = 39097.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.94 mb = 14916.31 m = 48937.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 348.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 29.90 Bulk Shear: 42.87 m/s