MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 37.82,-91.66 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -91.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 319 21.0 15.5 71 5.5 17.4 170 6 295.7 297.8 291.3 328.4 11.35 2 950 594 17.8 12.6 72 5.2 14.6 177 10 295.3 297.0 289.7 323.2 9.69 3 900 1055 14.8 9.6 71 5.2 11.7 209 11 296.8 298.3 289.1 321.2 8.38 4 850 1537 12.2 6.1 66 6.2 8.8 222 17 299.0 300.2 288.6 319.4 6.94 5 800 2042 9.0 3.1 67 5.9 5.8 236 24 300.7 301.8 288.3 318.5 5.98 6 750 2573 4.9 1.6 79 3.3 3.2 247 30 301.9 303.0 288.5 319.1 5.73 7 700 3132 0.7 -0.3 93 0.9 0.2 260 35 303.2 304.2 288.5 319.4 5.36 8 650 3724 -3.1 -5.0 86 2.0 -4.0 261 39 305.5 306.2 288.1 317.9 4.04 9 600 4353 -7.1 -10.9 74 3.9 -8.5 268 39 307.9 308.4 287.6 316.7 2.76 10 550 5027 -10.7 -19.7 48 8.9 -13.3 272 46 311.4 311.6 287.5 316.2 1.46 11 500 5754 -14.1 -26.5 34 12.4 -17.0 279 51 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.9 0.88 12 450 6547 -18.9 -32.7 28 13.8 -21.4 285 66 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.5 0.54 13 400 7414 -24.7 -37.7 29 12.9 -26.6 290 75 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.37 14 350 8370 -32.8 -42.7 37 9.8 -33.8 296 74 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.25 15 300 9436 -40.0 -50.6 31 10.7 -40.6 287 71 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.12 16 250 10673 -42.7 -64.9 7 22.3 -43.5 280 65 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 17 200 12163 -47.3 -73.2 4 25.9 -48.0 277 57 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 18 150 14030 -56.7 -80.1 4 23.4 -57.0 251 35 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16530 -64.6 -83.6 6 18.9 -64.8 242 15 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.19 m Freezing level: 691.25 mb = 3235.93 m = 10616.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.65 mb = 3159.23 m = 10364.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.71 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.82 mb = 1009.46 m = 3311.83 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1949.28 m = 6395.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: 2.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 31.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.36 mb = 1434.71 m = 4706.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.36 mb = 2733.14 m = 8966.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.36 mb = 5523.24 m = 18120.63 ft B at Equ Level: 113.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 395.36 mb = 7497.49 m = 24597.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 148.45 m/s