MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 38.10,-90.90 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -90.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 987 265 25.2 22.6 86 2.6 23.3 224 4 299.4 302.7 296.9 351.3 17.73 2 950 599 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.3 231 11 300.3 303.1 295.3 344.0 14.90 3 900 1069 19.4 17.4 88 2.1 18.0 234 14 301.5 304.1 295.0 342.7 13.99 4 850 1559 16.6 14.8 89 1.7 15.4 237 18 303.5 305.9 294.6 340.9 12.59 5 800 2075 13.7 12.5 92 1.3 12.9 241 21 305.8 307.9 294.3 340.1 11.44 6 750 2617 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.3 241 24 308.1 310.0 294.2 339.5 10.37 7 700 3190 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.5 235 27 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.3 9.23 8 650 3799 4.4 4.2 99 0.2 4.2 232 31 313.9 315.5 294.0 338.8 7.97 9 600 4448 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 232 31 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.3 6.67 10 550 5143 -3.0 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.2 231 31 320.5 321.5 293.9 338.0 5.43 11 500 5894 -6.7 -7.8 91 1.2 -7.2 231 33 324.9 325.7 294.1 339.0 4.24 12 450 6710 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.4 -11.8 226 34 329.2 329.8 294.4 340.2 3.24 13 400 7605 -16.6 -17.5 93 0.9 -16.9 225 32 333.4 333.9 294.8 341.9 2.42 14 350 8596 -23.5 -23.7 98 0.2 -23.5 231 30 337.1 337.4 295.0 342.9 1.61 15 300 9704 -32.0 -32.3 97 0.3 -32.0 236 28 340.3 340.5 295.1 343.5 0.85 16 250 10963 -42.5 -42.5 99 0.1 -42.5 236 28 342.9 343.0 295.4 344.4 0.36 17 200 12429 -54.9 -55.4 95 0.4 -54.9 236 35 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.11 18 150 14204 -68.0 -71.3 63 3.3 -68.1 252 30 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16620 -67.5 -82.3 10 14.8 -67.6 269 18 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.40 m Freezing level: 588.79 mb = 4603.74 m = 15103.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.79 mb = 4571.40 m = 14997.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.78 mb = 591.69 m = 1941.23 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1306.65 m = 4286.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.80 mb = 1079.95 m = 3543.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.80 mb = 1722.96 m = 5652.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.80 mb = 11403.28 m = 37411.87 ft B at Equ Level: 452.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.80 mb = 14884.76 m = 48833.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 13.38 Bulk Shear: 33.89 m/s