MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241200F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241200F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 38.78,-90.42 Latitude: 38.78 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 142 SFC 997 171 20.0 11.5 58 8.5 14.8 86 3 293.4 295.0 288.1 318.0 8.55 2 950 590 23.8 10.5 43 13.3 15.5 125 6 301.4 302.9 290.6 326.3 8.41 3 900 1059 20.2 9.2 49 11.1 13.4 117 7 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.5 8.11 4 850 1549 15.8 7.5 58 8.3 10.9 103 8 302.7 304.1 290.5 325.6 7.66 5 800 2059 11.1 4.8 65 6.3 7.5 93 11 303.0 304.2 289.7 323.2 6.73 6 750 2594 6.1 3.1 81 3.0 4.5 90 13 303.2 304.4 289.5 322.5 6.39 7 700 3157 4.3 -6.5 45 10.8 -0.5 94 15 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.8 3.37 8 650 3759 3.8 -28.2 7 32.0 -5.2 85 15 313.3 313.4 287.2 315.3 0.57 9 600 4405 1.4 -32.2 6 33.6 -7.2 90 15 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.43 10 550 5100 -2.3 -33.0 7 30.7 -9.9 96 15 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.9 0.43 11 500 5849 -7.6 -31.5 13 24.0 -13.3 100 14 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.55 12 450 6658 -14.0 -32.8 19 18.8 -18.0 98 9 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.54 13 400 7542 -19.9 -31.4 35 11.5 -22.2 118 9 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 14 350 8520 -26.4 -36.6 38 10.2 -28.0 117 10 333.2 333.3 293.0 335.0 0.48 15 300 9614 -35.2 -43.7 41 8.5 -36.0 109 5 335.7 335.8 293.5 336.8 0.26 16 250 10859 -44.4 -49.6 56 5.2 -44.7 19 11 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.17 17 200 12317 -55.9 -57.6 81 1.7 -55.9 323 21 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14101 -62.9 -75.0 18 12.1 -63.0 304 10 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16590 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.9 -65.8 47 8 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.08 m Freezing level: 580.87 mb = 4671.30 m = 15325.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.10 mb = 3097.58 m = 10162.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.99 mb = 1271.31 m = 4170.91 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.42 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.47 mb = 2489.85 m = 8168.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.52 F Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lifted Index: 6.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 5.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 15.07 C K Index: 20.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7369.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.19 mb = 2099.01 m = 6886.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 125.4 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 8.22 m/s