MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 38.77,-94.06 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 981 261 22.3 17.7 75 4.6 19.2 296 7 297.1 299.5 293.0 335.0 13.09 2 950 535 20.2 16.0 77 4.2 17.4 284 7 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.7 12.10 3 900 1000 17.1 14.1 82 3.0 15.1 203 6 299.2 301.2 292.3 332.2 11.31 4 850 1486 13.6 12.5 93 1.1 12.9 180 11 300.4 302.4 292.3 332.2 10.79 5 800 1995 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 181 15 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.7 9.90 6 750 2531 7.7 7.6 99 0.1 7.6 203 17 304.9 306.6 292.0 331.2 8.75 7 700 3098 4.7 4.7 99 0.1 4.7 217 20 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.1 7.66 8 650 3700 1.3 1.0 98 0.3 1.1 226 28 310.4 311.6 291.7 330.1 6.35 9 600 4341 -2.1 -3.0 94 0.9 -2.5 232 29 313.7 314.7 291.7 329.9 5.13 10 550 5027 -6.8 -7.2 97 0.4 -7.0 240 28 316.1 316.8 291.5 329.1 4.06 11 500 5765 -11.6 -12.2 95 0.6 -11.9 235 31 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.7 2.99 12 450 6564 -17.0 -18.4 89 1.4 -17.4 233 34 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.6 1.99 13 400 7439 -22.7 -25.5 78 2.8 -23.4 225 41 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.20 14 350 8403 -30.2 -31.4 89 1.2 -30.4 222 45 328.0 328.2 292.0 330.9 0.79 15 300 9481 -38.5 -38.4 100 -0.0 -38.5 211 55 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10706 -48.8 -48.8 100 0.0 -48.8 214 55 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.18 17 200 12142 -56.0 -64.0 36 8.0 -56.1 223 56 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13967 -58.0 -78.8 5 20.8 -58.2 232 55 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16473 -64.7 -83.1 6 18.4 -64.9 239 25 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.30 m Freezing level: 631.09 mb = 3942.24 m = 12933.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.41 mb = 3894.29 m = 12776.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.39 mb = 844.82 m = 2771.69 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 6.33 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1427.55 m = 4683.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.82 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 37.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.82 mb = 1183.18 m = 3881.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.82 mb = 1830.71 m = 6006.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.82 mb = 9575.33 m = 31414.74 ft B at Equ Level: 298.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.82 mb = 12276.23 m = 40275.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.08 Bulk Shear: 42.23 m/s