MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 38.5,-90.42 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 989 177 25.8 17.8 61 8.0 20.3 307 3 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.1 13.06 2 950 532 21.7 15.5 68 6.1 17.6 271 4 299.2 301.3 292.7 333.5 11.77 3 900 998 17.5 13.9 79 3.6 15.2 250 7 299.6 301.6 292.3 332.2 11.15 4 850 1485 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 246 12 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.0 10.30 5 800 1994 10.2 9.0 92 1.2 9.5 251 17 302.0 303.7 291.4 328.8 9.03 6 750 2529 7.5 4.1 79 3.4 5.6 265 20 304.7 306.0 290.4 325.4 6.84 7 700 3096 5.5 -3.3 53 8.8 1.2 281 20 308.5 309.3 289.3 321.9 4.29 8 650 3698 2.2 -13.8 30 16.0 -3.9 283 20 311.4 311.8 288.1 318.0 2.02 9 600 4339 -1.6 -17.6 28 16.0 -7.1 289 23 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.6 1.60 10 550 5026 -5.9 -22.5 26 16.6 -10.8 296 27 317.1 317.3 289.0 321.0 1.14 11 500 5764 -11.0 -28.1 23 17.1 -15.2 295 28 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.3 0.76 12 450 6564 -17.1 -34.3 21 17.2 -20.3 295 28 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.47 13 400 7436 -23.6 -39.4 22 15.8 -25.8 289 32 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.31 14 350 8395 -31.7 -43.1 32 11.4 -32.8 288 31 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.24 15 300 9465 -40.6 -48.8 41 8.3 -41.1 293 31 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.15 16 250 10683 -48.4 -57.0 36 8.6 -48.7 302 39 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12132 -52.9 -66.8 17 13.9 -53.2 297 36 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13976 -56.1 -78.7 4 22.7 -56.3 292 45 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16530 -61.1 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.3 294 21 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.12 m Freezing level: 621.25 mb = 4066.35 m = 13340.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.31 mb = 3232.43 m = 10604.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.08 mb = 1188.87 m = 3900.44 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.12 mb = 1493.39 m = 4899.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.66 C = 80.00 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 27.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 561.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.90 mb = 1336.91 m = 4386.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.90 mb = 1685.64 m = 5530.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.90 mb = 10686.10 m = 35058.97 ft B at Equ Level: 551.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.90 mb = 12464.25 m = 40892.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 18.15 Bulk Shear: 30.92 m/s