MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 37.98,-89.00 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 132 22.1 21.4 95 0.8 21.6 300 11 295.1 298.0 294.7 341.5 16.19 1 1000 153 22.1 21.3 95 0.9 21.5 298 12 295.3 298.2 294.7 341.5 16.10 2 950 600 21.7 18.2 80 3.5 19.3 265 13 299.2 301.7 294.3 339.9 13.96 3 900 1070 19.7 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 226 17 301.8 304.2 294.1 339.0 12.60 4 850 1561 16.9 13.7 82 3.1 14.8 215 21 303.8 306.0 294.0 338.6 11.69 5 800 2077 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.4 215 22 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.2 10.89 6 750 2618 10.0 9.5 97 0.5 9.7 219 19 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.6 9.97 7 700 3190 6.6 6.4 98 0.2 6.5 230 14 309.8 311.5 293.4 336.4 8.66 8 650 3796 3.2 3.2 100 0.0 3.2 233 11 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.7 7.42 9 600 4442 -0.0 -0.2 98 0.2 -0.2 225 12 316.1 317.3 293.3 336.0 6.28 10 550 5135 -3.2 -3.6 97 0.5 -3.4 233 11 320.3 321.4 293.7 337.6 5.33 11 500 5884 -6.8 -7.4 96 0.6 -7.1 253 12 324.7 325.6 294.1 339.2 4.39 12 450 6699 -11.6 -12.3 95 0.7 -11.9 261 16 328.7 329.3 294.3 339.9 3.32 13 400 7591 -17.5 -17.9 97 0.4 -17.6 263 20 332.2 332.7 294.4 340.4 2.34 14 350 8576 -24.6 -24.8 98 0.2 -24.6 262 22 335.6 335.9 294.5 340.8 1.46 15 300 9678 -33.1 -33.3 98 0.3 -33.1 260 24 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.7 0.77 16 250 10931 -43.7 -43.9 98 0.2 -43.7 256 26 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.3 0.31 17 200 12389 -56.6 -56.7 99 0.1 -56.6 264 34 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.09 18 150 14148 -71.7 -72.1 94 0.4 -71.7 278 55 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 19 100 16587 -65.3 -82.8 7 17.5 -65.4 248 22 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.15 m Freezing level: 600.48 mb = 4435.32 m = 14551.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.34 mb = 4410.21 m = 14469.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.80 mb = 224.99 m = 738.16 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 5.82 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1590.70 m = 5218.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 37.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.18 mb = 953.16 m = 3127.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.18 mb = 2428.37 m = 7967.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.18 mb = 6409.44 m = 21028.09 ft B at Equ Level: 146.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.18 mb = 11556.53 m = 37914.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -19.9 tot: -18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 17.68 m/s