MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 39.65,-93.43 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 984 240 22.5 13.2 56 9.3 16.6 168 6 297.0 298.8 290.3 325.3 9.74 2 950 550 24.9 12.2 45 12.7 16.7 197 21 302.4 304.2 291.8 330.4 9.43 3 900 1022 22.3 11.3 50 11.0 15.3 201 25 304.4 306.2 292.4 332.5 9.39 4 850 1516 18.1 10.0 59 8.0 13.0 200 28 305.1 306.8 292.4 332.5 9.13 5 800 2031 13.4 8.4 72 5.0 10.4 197 29 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.7 8.70 6 750 2571 8.7 6.9 88 1.8 7.6 195 32 306.0 307.6 292.0 331.2 8.34 7 700 3138 4.4 4.2 99 0.1 4.3 192 31 307.3 308.7 291.7 329.9 7.43 8 650 3739 2.6 -6.0 53 8.5 -1.4 195 23 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.8 3.77 9 600 4384 0.5 -17.5 24 18.1 -5.9 208 20 316.7 317.0 289.4 322.1 1.61 10 550 5077 -3.3 -23.2 20 19.9 -9.4 208 23 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.9 1.07 11 500 5824 -7.8 -26.9 20 19.1 -12.9 210 28 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.85 12 450 6633 -13.8 -14.7 93 0.9 -14.1 214 26 325.9 326.5 293.1 335.2 2.73 13 400 7520 -18.9 -19.2 98 0.3 -19.0 212 23 330.4 330.9 293.7 337.8 2.10 14 350 8501 -26.2 -26.2 100 -0.0 -26.2 225 29 333.5 333.7 293.9 338.1 1.29 15 300 9597 -34.6 -37.2 77 2.7 -34.9 236 29 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.52 16 250 10842 -45.5 -45.5 100 0.0 -45.5 240 37 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 17 200 12292 -56.2 -56.7 95 0.4 -56.2 252 38 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.09 18 150 14092 -60.4 -75.7 12 15.3 -60.6 264 49 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16586 -63.5 -83.7 5 20.2 -63.6 276 32 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.72 m Freezing level: 593.00 mb = 4481.40 m = 14702.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.20 mb = 3588.50 m = 11773.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.07 mb = 1434.32 m = 4705.71 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.40 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.10 mb = 2569.90 m = 8431.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5414.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.42 mb = 2142.70 m = 7029.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.7 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 230.7 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.7 neg: -13.1 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.39 Bulk Shear: 11.35 m/s