MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 38.23,-89.33 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 142 25.0 12.0 44 13.1 16.8 53 5 297.8 299.4 289.8 323.5 8.78 1 1000 179 23.9 11.3 45 12.6 16.1 54 6 297.0 298.5 289.2 321.5 8.42 2 950 624 21.3 9.1 45 12.2 13.9 59 9 298.8 300.2 289.1 321.3 7.63 3 900 1091 18.6 7.5 48 11.1 12.1 67 10 300.7 302.1 289.5 322.2 7.25 4 850 1578 14.5 5.9 56 8.6 9.6 76 12 301.3 302.6 289.3 321.8 6.87 5 800 2087 11.0 0.6 49 10.4 5.6 76 14 302.9 303.8 288.1 318.0 5.01 6 750 2623 9.6 -11.1 22 20.7 1.0 73 16 307.0 307.4 286.7 313.9 2.17 7 700 3193 7.7 -20.5 11 28.2 -1.9 71 16 311.0 311.2 286.9 314.6 1.07 8 650 3800 5.3 -29.0 6 34.3 -4.5 73 17 314.9 315.0 287.7 316.8 0.53 9 600 4448 1.5 -28.7 8 30.2 -6.9 71 20 317.9 318.0 288.7 320.0 0.60 10 550 5142 -3.2 -25.3 16 22.0 -9.6 65 22 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.3 0.89 11 500 5888 -8.5 -22.6 31 14.1 -12.7 60 24 322.7 322.9 290.9 327.0 1.25 12 450 6696 -14.4 -24.5 42 10.0 -17.1 60 27 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.17 13 400 7577 -21.0 -31.1 40 10.1 -23.0 58 30 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.72 14 350 8548 -28.5 -39.7 33 11.2 -30.0 43 30 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.6 0.35 15 300 9631 -37.5 -49.6 27 12.1 -38.4 50 32 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 16 250 10865 -45.8 -59.6 20 13.8 -46.3 53 40 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12322 -54.3 -67.0 20 12.7 -54.5 52 36 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14131 -61.4 -74.5 16 13.1 -61.5 40 15 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16610 -67.6 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.7 305 4 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.67 m Freezing level: 584.08 mb = 4668.94 m = 15317.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.83 mb = 2814.22 m = 9232.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.71 mb = 1790.70 m = 5874.94 ft T: 13.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.32 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.07 mb = 4155.42 m = 13633.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.78 C = 110.80 F Cap Strength: 7.65 C Lifted Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 6.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 14.41 C K Index: 0.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8231.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.55 mb = 2122.54 m = 6963.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 68.3 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 98.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 12.04 m/s