MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 38.34,-93.79 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 979 259 16.7 15.3 91 1.5 15.8 253 8 291.7 293.6 289.8 323.4 11.21 2 950 515 14.4 13.6 95 0.7 13.9 258 14 291.8 293.6 289.1 321.2 10.37 3 900 970 11.7 11.3 98 0.4 11.5 248 15 293.6 295.2 288.9 320.5 9.41 4 850 1447 9.3 8.6 96 0.7 8.9 231 17 295.9 297.4 288.7 319.9 8.28 5 800 1949 7.4 5.1 85 2.3 6.1 221 20 299.1 300.3 288.5 319.4 6.89 6 750 2479 4.8 0.9 76 3.8 2.8 227 20 301.8 302.8 288.1 318.2 5.46 7 700 3039 2.5 -6.7 51 9.2 -1.5 231 24 305.2 305.8 287.2 315.5 3.30 8 650 3635 -0.3 -20.3 20 20.1 -6.6 233 27 308.7 308.9 286.2 312.5 1.17 9 600 4270 -4.6 -22.1 24 17.4 -9.7 227 42 310.8 311.0 286.9 314.4 1.09 10 550 4949 -8.6 -15.6 57 7.0 -11.0 200 66 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.6 2.06 11 500 5684 -12.0 -19.3 54 7.3 -14.3 189 65 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.0 1.65 12 450 6482 -17.0 -22.1 64 5.1 -18.4 183 64 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.44 13 400 7357 -22.2 -24.0 85 1.8 -22.7 172 56 326.1 326.4 292.0 330.9 1.37 14 350 8324 -29.2 -30.9 86 1.7 -29.5 169 58 329.4 329.5 292.4 332.4 0.83 15 300 9405 -38.1 -40.6 77 2.5 -38.4 173 62 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.37 16 250 10633 -47.3 -54.3 45 6.9 -47.6 188 62 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12092 -51.3 -67.7 12 16.4 -51.7 212 61 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 13942 -55.7 -79.1 4 23.5 -56.0 211 35 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16467 -64.3 -83.4 6 19.1 -64.5 266 17 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.28 m Freezing level: 654.97 mb = 3575.88 m = 11731.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.68 mb = 2836.53 m = 9306.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.24 C = 72.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.19 mb = 442.09 m = 1450.41 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 836.17 m = 2743.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.11 C = 64.60 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 4.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 20.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.11 mb = 793.37 m = 2602.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.11 mb = 1025.12 m = 3363.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 844.11 mb = 1504.92 m = 4937.34 ft B at Equ Level: 12.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.11 mb = 2325.71 m = 7630.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -15.8 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 104.12 m/s