MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 39.92,-94.14 Latitude: 39.92 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 985 277 19.0 16.2 84 2.8 17.2 115 13 293.4 295.6 290.9 327.2 11.85 2 950 586 18.6 13.4 72 5.2 15.3 124 29 296.0 297.9 290.4 325.5 10.19 3 900 1050 17.6 11.9 69 5.7 14.0 152 24 299.6 301.4 291.2 328.2 9.76 4 850 1537 15.2 11.9 81 3.3 13.1 182 19 302.0 304.0 292.4 332.7 10.37 5 800 2049 12.3 9.6 84 2.7 10.6 222 13 304.3 306.0 292.4 332.5 9.45 6 750 2588 8.8 6.1 83 2.6 7.2 265 13 306.1 307.6 291.7 330.1 7.93 7 700 3157 5.8 1.6 74 4.2 3.5 290 14 308.9 310.1 291.1 327.9 6.14 8 650 3760 1.9 -1.2 80 3.2 0.3 290 13 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.0 5.39 9 600 4401 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.8 -3.6 286 14 313.5 314.4 291.0 327.5 4.39 10 550 5088 -6.0 -8.7 81 2.7 -7.1 287 19 317.0 317.7 291.3 328.7 3.61 11 500 5829 -10.5 -12.7 84 2.2 -11.3 291 20 320.3 320.8 291.6 329.8 2.88 12 450 6632 -15.8 -17.3 88 1.6 -16.3 293 16 323.4 323.9 291.9 330.9 2.19 13 400 7510 -21.9 -23.7 86 1.8 -22.4 287 15 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.5 1.42 14 350 8479 -28.9 -32.2 73 3.4 -29.5 268 11 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.5 0.73 15 300 9561 -37.6 -38.6 91 1.0 -37.7 262 10 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.0 0.45 16 250 10793 -46.0 -49.4 69 3.3 -46.2 279 40 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12252 -52.9 -67.0 17 14.0 -53.2 283 62 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14084 -57.8 -78.7 5 20.9 -58.0 292 48 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16605 -63.7 -83.1 5 19.4 -63.8 317 20 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.87 m Freezing level: 626.76 mb = 4058.15 m = 13313.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.96 mb = 3809.94 m = 12499.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.00 mb = 631.58 m = 2072.08 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 4.87 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2341.74 m = 7682.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6536.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.63 mb = 1362.32 m = 4469.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 266.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 184.85 m/s