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: 38.77,-95.40 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 985 308 24.8 14.9 54 9.8 18.3 181 5 299.2 301.2 292.0 331.1 10.91 2 950 619 21.3 13.5 61 7.8 16.3 183 6 298.8 300.7 291.4 328.8 10.26 3 900 1088 20.3 11.3 56 9.1 14.6 174 7 302.5 304.2 291.7 330.2 9.35 4 850 1578 16.7 9.2 61 7.5 12.1 152 6 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.4 8.62 5 800 2092 13.2 5.1 58 8.2 8.5 113 5 305.3 306.5 290.6 326.1 6.88 6 750 2632 9.9 -1.4 45 11.2 4.1 86 8 307.3 308.1 289.2 321.5 4.61 7 700 3200 5.8 -6.8 40 12.6 0.1 86 11 308.9 309.5 288.5 319.2 3.27 8 650 3803 3.3 -20.5 15 23.9 -4.6 105 13 312.7 312.9 287.6 316.6 1.15 9 600 4449 1.5 -32.9 6 34.3 -7.2 124 16 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.40 10 550 5145 -1.9 -37.0 5 35.1 -9.9 149 18 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.29 11 500 5895 -7.1 -33.8 10 26.7 -13.2 155 19 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.44 12 450 6706 -13.0 -34.4 15 21.4 -17.4 155 20 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.46 13 400 7592 -19.6 -37.3 19 17.6 -22.7 162 19 329.5 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.39 14 350 8568 -27.2 -42.7 21 15.6 -29.1 169 17 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 15 300 9659 -36.0 -53.5 15 17.5 -37.1 197 15 334.6 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.09 16 250 10900 -45.2 -48.9 66 3.8 -45.4 201 6 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.18 17 200 12349 -57.3 -58.4 87 1.1 -57.3 123 4 342.0 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.07 18 150 14134 -62.5 -74.0 20 11.4 -62.7 182 9 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16605 -67.4 -83.2 9 15.8 -67.5 0 1 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.00 m Freezing level: 578.18 mb = 4752.79 m = 15592.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.16 mb = 3210.21 m = 10532.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.59 mb = 1552.38 m = 5093.06 ft T: 16.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.65 mb = 2701.83 m = 8864.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.96 C = 91.34 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 16.27 C K Index: 20.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5980.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.67 mb = 1865.62 m = 6120.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 163.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.32 Bulk Shear: 10.81 m/s