MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 38.34,-90.66 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -90.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 993 209 28.5 18.9 56 9.6 21.8 261 7 302.3 304.9 295.2 343.6 13.98 2 950 600 24.0 17.6 68 6.3 19.6 250 12 301.5 304.0 294.6 341.2 13.48 3 900 1071 19.6 16.6 83 3.0 17.6 241 12 301.7 304.2 294.6 341.0 13.34 4 850 1561 16.6 14.1 85 2.5 14.9 239 15 303.5 305.7 294.1 339.0 11.95 5 800 2077 14.8 10.0 73 4.8 11.7 247 21 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.66 6 750 2621 11.4 7.5 77 3.8 9.0 261 25 308.9 310.5 293.2 335.5 8.71 7 700 3195 7.8 4.9 82 2.9 6.1 273 28 311.2 312.6 293.1 335.2 7.80 8 650 3803 3.6 2.6 93 1.0 3.0 268 31 313.0 314.4 293.1 335.2 7.10 9 600 4448 -0.6 -1.5 94 0.9 -1.1 263 36 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.5 5.72 10 550 5140 -4.1 -6.8 81 2.7 -5.4 262 38 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.8 4.16 11 500 5887 -8.0 -10.4 83 2.4 -9.1 267 37 323.3 323.9 293.0 334.7 3.46 12 450 6699 -12.6 -13.2 95 0.6 -12.8 271 35 327.4 328.0 293.8 337.8 3.07 13 400 7589 -18.1 -18.8 95 0.6 -18.3 266 36 331.4 331.9 294.1 339.0 2.17 14 350 8573 -25.4 -27.2 85 1.8 -25.8 252 34 334.5 334.8 294.0 338.8 1.17 15 300 9671 -34.5 -36.7 80 2.2 -34.8 259 34 336.7 336.9 294.0 338.8 0.55 16 250 10916 -45.0 -51.4 49 6.4 -45.4 263 38 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.13 17 200 12366 -57.6 -61.2 63 3.6 -57.6 266 37 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14128 -69.6 -70.0 95 0.3 -69.6 269 45 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 19 100 16576 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.3 252 19 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.74 m Freezing level: 607.42 mb = 4352.38 m = 14279.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.33 mb = 4270.97 m = 14012.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.50 mb = 1425.79 m = 4677.74 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 10.81 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1953.51 m = 6409.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 35.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.01 mb = 1420.81 m = 4661.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.01 mb = 2971.99 m = 9750.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.01 mb = 12396.70 m = 40671.08 ft B at Equ Level: 472.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.01 mb = 14587.52 m = 47858.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 12.05 Bulk Shear: 39.71 m/s