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: 38.84,-95.56 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 984 315 24.8 14.9 54 9.9 18.2 182 5 299.4 301.3 292.0 331.1 10.87 2 950 619 21.3 13.5 61 7.8 16.3 185 6 298.8 300.7 291.4 328.9 10.30 3 900 1087 20.3 11.2 56 9.2 14.6 176 8 302.5 304.2 291.7 330.1 9.31 4 850 1578 16.8 9.1 60 7.7 12.0 156 7 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.3 8.55 5 800 2092 13.4 5.0 57 8.4 8.6 117 5 305.4 306.7 290.6 326.1 6.85 6 750 2632 9.9 -1.3 46 11.2 4.2 91 8 307.3 308.2 289.3 321.7 4.65 7 700 3201 5.8 -6.6 40 12.4 0.1 90 10 308.9 309.5 288.5 319.4 3.32 8 650 3803 3.3 -20.0 16 23.2 -4.6 108 13 312.7 312.9 287.6 316.7 1.21 9 600 4449 1.4 -32.8 6 34.2 -7.3 129 15 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.40 10 550 5145 -2.0 -37.7 5 35.8 -9.9 154 18 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.27 11 500 5894 -7.1 -34.3 9 27.2 -13.3 159 20 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.42 12 450 6706 -13.1 -35.1 14 22.1 -17.6 158 20 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.43 13 400 7591 -19.7 -38.1 18 18.4 -22.8 163 20 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.36 14 350 8567 -27.2 -43.1 21 15.9 -29.1 173 18 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.24 15 300 9658 -36.0 -53.3 15 17.3 -37.1 202 16 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 16 250 10900 -45.2 -48.4 70 3.1 -45.4 194 7 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.19 17 200 12348 -57.3 -58.4 87 1.1 -57.3 141 6 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.3 0.07 18 150 14133 -62.4 -74.2 19 11.8 -62.5 182 10 362.6 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16605 -67.4 -83.2 9 15.8 -67.5 18 1 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.18 m Freezing level: 579.16 mb = 4738.97 m = 15547.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.54 mb = 3217.54 m = 10556.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.31 mb = 1574.89 m = 5166.90 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.99 mb = 2720.21 m = 8924.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 20.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6118.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.30 mb = 1879.46 m = 6166.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 168.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 10.15 m/s