MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 38.28,-90.61 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -90.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 991 216 27.4 20.3 65 7.1 22.3 302 6 301.3 304.1 295.8 346.3 15.31 2 950 592 24.2 18.3 70 5.9 20.1 302 11 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.1 14.04 3 900 1064 20.3 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 274 10 302.4 305.0 295.1 343.2 13.78 4 850 1556 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 240 18 304.1 306.6 295.0 342.9 13.03 5 800 2072 13.8 13.4 98 0.3 13.6 235 24 305.9 308.1 294.9 342.5 12.21 6 750 2615 11.5 9.8 89 1.7 10.4 245 23 309.1 311.0 294.4 340.1 10.21 7 700 3190 8.3 6.7 90 1.6 7.3 259 22 311.6 313.3 294.0 338.9 8.83 8 650 3799 4.8 3.7 92 1.1 4.2 268 22 314.4 315.9 293.9 338.5 7.70 9 600 4448 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 272 24 316.7 318.0 293.6 337.3 6.49 10 550 5141 -3.9 -4.5 95 0.6 -4.2 277 25 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.5 4.97 11 500 5888 -8.2 -10.2 86 1.9 -9.1 275 27 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.7 3.53 12 450 6699 -12.6 -14.0 89 1.4 -13.1 259 31 327.4 328.0 293.6 337.2 2.87 13 400 7589 -18.3 -19.4 90 1.2 -18.6 253 34 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.4 2.05 14 350 8573 -25.3 -27.7 80 2.4 -25.8 257 32 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.8 1.12 15 300 9671 -34.4 -37.4 74 3.0 -34.8 261 38 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.8 0.51 16 250 10917 -45.1 -47.8 74 2.7 -45.2 262 42 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.20 17 200 12367 -57.2 -59.9 71 2.7 -57.3 250 39 342.1 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.06 18 150 14127 -69.2 -70.2 87 1.0 -69.2 262 45 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 19 100 16574 -64.0 -83.5 5 19.5 -64.2 260 20 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.88 m Freezing level: 594.18 mb = 4528.65 m = 14857.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.26 mb = 4497.82 m = 14756.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.73 mb = 1114.27 m = 3655.69 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.46 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1658.14 m = 5440.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 802.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.78 mb = 1337.99 m = 4389.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.78 mb = 2105.87 m = 6908.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.78 mb = 12785.28 m = 41945.95 ft B at Equ Level: 795.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.78 mb = 15141.73 m = 49676.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -2.6 tot: 57.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 27.07 Bulk Shear: 29.64 m/s