MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 38.97,-91.15 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -91.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 993 205 17.7 16.0 90 1.7 16.6 128 5 291.4 293.4 290.0 324.1 11.58 2 950 583 16.7 14.4 87 2.2 15.3 143 18 294.1 296.0 290.4 325.4 10.94 3 900 1043 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.4 147 26 296.7 298.5 290.6 326.2 10.21 4 850 1526 11.9 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 161 31 298.6 300.4 290.7 326.5 9.52 5 800 2032 9.1 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 171 36 300.8 302.4 290.4 325.5 8.34 6 750 2564 6.0 4.1 88 1.8 4.9 168 40 303.0 304.3 289.9 323.7 6.88 7 700 3127 2.7 0.8 87 1.9 1.7 166 44 305.5 306.5 289.7 323.1 5.79 8 650 3723 -0.6 -2.0 90 1.4 -1.3 168 46 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.1 5.10 9 600 4360 -4.0 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.4 169 45 311.5 312.3 290.5 325.6 4.48 10 550 5042 -8.2 -9.3 92 1.1 -8.7 167 45 314.3 315.0 290.4 325.4 3.44 11 500 5775 -12.8 -14.8 85 1.9 -13.5 165 45 317.4 317.9 290.4 325.4 2.43 12 450 6571 -18.1 -19.0 93 0.9 -18.4 164 43 320.5 320.8 290.8 326.9 1.89 13 400 7440 -24.1 -24.9 93 0.8 -24.3 175 40 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.1 1.27 14 350 8400 -31.5 -32.6 90 1.1 -31.7 195 46 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.70 15 300 9468 -40.9 -42.1 88 1.2 -41.0 202 53 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 16 250 10692 -45.5 -60.6 17 15.1 -46.0 191 72 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12164 -50.0 -72.2 6 22.2 -50.5 192 84 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14016 -57.3 -79.5 4 22.2 -57.6 209 35 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16519 -65.6 -83.0 7 17.4 -65.7 211 20 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.86 m Freezing level: 658.76 mb = 3618.82 m = 11872.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.45 mb = 3461.97 m = 11358.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.91 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.94 mb = 414.36 m = 1359.44 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1360.49 m = 4463.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.59 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6821.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.37 mb = 917.91 m = 3011.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.3 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 195.3 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 95.19 m/s