MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 37.37,-91.37 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -91.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 979 339 19.4 16.7 84 2.7 17.6 156 7 294.3 296.6 291.6 329.6 12.31 2 950 594 17.5 15.0 85 2.5 15.9 159 17 294.9 297.0 291.0 327.6 11.37 3 900 1054 13.9 13.5 98 0.4 13.7 159 22 295.8 297.8 290.9 327.2 10.89 4 850 1535 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 165 27 298.2 300.0 290.9 327.1 9.90 5 800 2041 8.9 8.3 97 0.5 8.6 163 34 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.1 8.65 6 750 2573 5.5 4.6 94 0.9 5.0 160 38 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.8 7.11 7 700 3134 2.2 1.7 96 0.5 1.9 162 41 304.9 306.1 289.9 323.7 6.18 8 650 3730 -0.8 -1.1 98 0.3 -0.9 170 41 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.9 5.43 9 600 4367 -3.8 -4.6 94 0.8 -4.2 175 43 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.9 4.53 10 550 5049 -8.4 -9.3 93 0.9 -8.8 170 45 314.1 314.7 290.3 325.1 3.43 11 500 5781 -13.8 -15.9 85 2.0 -14.5 176 47 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.5 2.22 12 450 6574 -18.6 -19.7 91 1.2 -18.9 182 46 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.9 1.78 13 400 7442 -24.7 -26.2 87 1.5 -25.0 205 48 322.9 323.2 290.8 326.9 1.13 14 350 8400 -31.6 -33.9 80 2.4 -31.9 204 60 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.5 0.62 15 300 9475 -36.6 -55.2 13 18.6 -37.7 199 83 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.07 16 250 10721 -43.5 -63.2 10 19.7 -44.2 194 87 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 17 200 12195 -51.2 -71.9 7 20.7 -51.6 194 86 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14036 -56.8 -79.9 4 23.0 -57.1 221 47 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16524 -66.5 -82.9 8 16.4 -66.6 193 24 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.79 m Freezing level: 662.92 mb = 3576.24 m = 11732.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.15 mb = 3532.90 m = 11590.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.24 C = 75.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.73 mb = 677.32 m = 2222.15 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 1037.32 m = 3403.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.83 C = 69.49 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.32 mb = 984.98 m = 3231.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.32 mb = 1413.76 m = 4638.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 382.32 mb = 7765.95 m = 25478.54 ft B at Equ Level: 177.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.32 mb = 9652.40 m = 31667.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.8 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 198.8 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 67.88 m/s