MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 38.15,-94.93 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 983 298 30.8 13.9 36 16.9 19.5 201 5 305.5 307.4 293.3 336.1 10.20 2 950 596 27.0 12.4 40 14.6 17.5 201 5 304.6 306.4 292.6 333.3 9.58 3 900 1070 22.4 11.5 50 10.9 15.4 201 5 304.6 306.3 292.5 333.0 9.51 4 850 1564 17.7 10.5 63 7.2 13.1 198 4 304.7 306.4 292.5 332.9 9.42 5 800 2079 14.5 5.8 56 8.7 9.4 19 1 306.6 308.0 291.3 328.6 7.24 6 750 2621 11.3 -1.1 42 12.3 4.9 45 3 308.8 309.7 289.8 323.5 4.72 7 700 3193 6.8 -5.7 40 12.5 1.0 60 5 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.3 3.57 8 650 3796 2.7 -14.3 27 17.0 -3.8 81 7 312.0 312.4 288.2 318.3 1.94 9 600 4440 0.4 -28.4 9 28.8 -7.5 109 9 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.7 0.61 10 550 5133 -2.9 -34.9 6 32.0 -10.4 111 12 320.6 320.7 289.3 322.0 0.36 11 500 5881 -7.2 -43.7 4 36.5 -13.7 118 14 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.16 12 450 6693 -12.7 -45.2 5 32.5 -17.9 125 16 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.15 13 400 7580 -19.1 -48.0 6 28.9 -22.8 125 21 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.12 14 350 8558 -26.8 -52.0 7 25.2 -29.2 127 20 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.09 15 300 9649 -35.7 -52.3 17 16.6 -36.8 126 22 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10891 -44.9 -58.9 20 14.0 -45.4 122 15 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 17 200 12348 -55.2 -65.7 26 10.5 -55.4 98 14 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14141 -64.4 -74.2 25 9.8 -64.4 213 8 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16598 -68.8 -83.2 11 14.4 -68.9 279 9 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.70 m Freezing level: 593.95 mb = 4523.70 m = 14841.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.92 mb = 3310.74 m = 10861.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.21 mb = 2419.56 m = 7938.08 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.21 mb = 3002.98 m = 9852.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.94 C = 94.90 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 22.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4158.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.29 mb = 2429.64 m = 7971.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.7 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 143.7 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 10.09 m/s