MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 37.99,-91.65 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -91.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 977 296 24.8 21.2 80 3.7 22.2 178 9 299.9 302.9 296.2 348.0 16.42 2 950 543 21.9 18.9 83 3.0 19.8 182 17 299.4 302.1 294.8 342.0 14.61 3 900 1010 18.4 16.9 91 1.4 17.4 188 18 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.3 13.59 4 850 1500 16.0 14.1 89 1.8 14.8 197 15 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.5 12.02 5 800 2014 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 12.0 208 13 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.37 6 750 2556 10.2 8.3 88 1.9 9.0 218 11 307.7 309.4 293.2 335.5 9.18 7 700 3128 6.7 5.6 93 1.1 6.0 215 12 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.9 8.16 8 650 3734 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.8 217 14 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.7 7.11 9 600 4379 -0.3 -1.8 89 1.6 -1.1 227 18 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.5 5.58 10 550 5072 -3.8 -11.6 55 7.7 -7.0 227 22 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.0 2.87 11 500 5820 -7.2 -12.0 68 4.9 -9.1 225 31 324.3 324.9 292.9 334.5 3.04 12 450 6634 -11.8 -17.1 65 5.2 -13.7 221 35 328.4 328.8 293.3 336.1 2.23 13 400 7527 -16.8 -22.0 64 5.1 -18.3 217 34 333.1 333.5 294.1 339.0 1.65 14 350 8516 -23.8 -28.5 65 4.7 -24.8 222 35 336.7 337.0 294.4 340.6 1.04 15 300 9623 -32.2 -35.5 73 3.3 -32.7 222 43 340.0 340.2 294.9 342.4 0.62 16 250 10881 -42.9 -43.2 97 0.3 -42.9 224 45 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.34 17 200 12346 -53.7 -60.8 41 7.1 -53.9 225 52 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 18 150 14152 -62.9 -73.7 22 10.8 -63.0 248 39 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16621 -67.3 -82.9 9 15.7 -67.4 260 31 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.21 m Freezing level: 603.86 mb = 4329.54 m = 14204.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.93 mb = 4194.28 m = 13760.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.83 mb = 756.23 m = 2481.05 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1236.28 m = 4055.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.51 mb = 1053.20 m = 3455.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.51 mb = 2221.39 m = 7287.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.51 mb = 7517.57 m = 24663.66 ft B at Equ Level: 268.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.51 mb = 12651.14 m = 41505.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -6.6 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 21.34 Bulk Shear: 12.60 m/s