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: 38.00,-90.50 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 982 247 23.3 17.0 68 6.3 19.1 40 4 298.0 300.2 292.9 334.3 12.53 2 950 539 23.7 14.2 55 9.4 17.4 29 10 301.2 303.2 292.5 333.0 10.79 3 900 1010 21.1 11.7 55 9.4 15.1 317 9 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.0 9.65 4 850 1502 16.9 9.9 64 7.0 12.6 296 15 303.8 305.5 292.0 330.9 9.06 5 800 2015 12.1 8.6 79 3.5 9.9 291 18 304.0 305.6 291.8 330.3 8.78 6 750 2553 9.5 -0.0 51 9.5 4.5 296 28 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.5 5.09 7 700 3122 6.8 -6.9 37 13.8 0.5 308 29 310.0 310.7 288.8 320.3 3.24 8 650 3727 3.2 -10.0 37 13.2 -2.4 311 27 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.4 2.75 9 600 4371 -0.7 -14.1 35 13.4 -5.8 314 26 315.3 315.7 289.5 322.4 2.14 10 550 5059 -5.3 -24.4 21 19.1 -10.8 321 26 317.8 318.0 289.1 321.1 0.96 11 500 5800 -10.4 -32.8 14 22.4 -15.2 323 30 320.4 320.5 289.4 322.2 0.49 12 450 6602 -16.2 -34.8 19 18.6 -19.7 325 31 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.5 0.44 13 400 7476 -23.1 -32.7 41 9.6 -24.8 325 31 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.61 14 350 8439 -30.7 -39.7 41 9.1 -31.7 320 32 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.35 15 300 9512 -39.6 -48.0 40 8.4 -40.2 315 33 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 16 250 10734 -48.7 -55.5 45 6.8 -49.0 324 44 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.08 17 200 12180 -53.2 -66.8 18 13.6 -53.5 312 38 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14014 -57.3 -77.9 6 20.6 -57.5 306 50 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16550 -61.3 -83.8 4 22.5 -61.6 318 19 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.80 m Freezing level: 608.91 mb = 4255.85 m = 13962.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.66 mb = 3231.82 m = 10602.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.05 mb = 1047.75 m = 3437.46 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.00 mb = 2279.28 m = 7477.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 23.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.89 mb = 1827.50 m = 5995.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 542.89 mb = 5160.46 m = 16930.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.89 mb = 10397.30 m = 34111.46 ft B at Equ Level: 206.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.89 mb = 11775.75 m = 38633.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 343.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.2 neg: -20.2 tot: 95.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 3.46 Bulk Shear: 61.10 m/s