MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 37.35,-89.18 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 994 143 15.3 10.7 74 4.6 12.6 304 12 289.0 290.4 286.0 311.9 8.14 2 950 521 11.4 8.8 84 2.6 9.9 304 21 288.8 290.1 285.3 309.9 7.51 3 900 970 7.7 7.3 97 0.4 7.5 303 23 289.4 290.7 285.2 309.6 7.13 4 850 1440 6.4 5.5 93 1.0 5.9 296 22 292.9 294.1 286.1 312.1 6.65 5 800 1937 4.7 3.5 91 1.3 4.1 271 21 296.2 297.3 286.8 314.2 6.15 6 750 2462 2.8 0.4 84 2.4 1.6 251 26 299.6 300.6 287.2 315.3 5.26 7 700 3019 1.0 -5.3 63 6.3 -1.8 242 29 303.6 304.3 287.1 314.9 3.68 8 650 3612 -1.0 -24.1 15 23.1 -7.5 229 35 307.8 308.0 285.5 310.6 0.84 9 600 4246 -4.8 -23.1 22 18.3 -10.0 219 36 310.6 310.7 286.7 313.9 0.99 10 550 4924 -9.8 -24.7 28 15.0 -13.6 216 40 312.5 312.7 287.3 315.7 0.94 11 500 5653 -13.7 -38.5 10 24.8 -17.9 211 50 316.3 316.4 287.9 317.3 0.27 12 450 6446 -18.3 -31.1 32 12.8 -20.8 211 62 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.64 13 400 7314 -24.9 -36.9 32 12.0 -26.6 208 67 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.1 0.40 14 350 8269 -33.0 -45.2 28 12.2 -34.1 204 71 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.19 15 300 9331 -42.5 -48.3 53 5.8 -42.8 210 74 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 16 250 10544 -48.5 -59.8 26 11.3 -48.8 212 80 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 17 200 12003 -49.4 -72.4 5 23.0 -49.9 221 55 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13864 -53.8 -80.3 2 26.5 -54.2 212 50 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16422 -61.6 -83.5 4 21.9 -61.8 231 33 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.73 m Freezing level: 675.36 mb = 3311.56 m = 10864.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.43 mb = 2720.01 m = 8923.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.37 % Est. max temperature: 19.62 C = 67.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.94 mb = 724.64 m = 2377.41 ft T: 9.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 4.71 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 910.36 m = 2986.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.63 C = 60.14 F Cap Strength: 7.13 C Lifted Index: 8.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 7.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 19.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12467.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.36 mb = 874.58 m = 2869.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -44.3 tot: -30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 121.94 m/s