MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 37.49,-92.88 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 966 376 15.0 14.0 94 1.0 14.4 260 9 291.0 292.8 288.9 320.5 10.44 2 950 521 14.2 13.2 94 1.0 13.6 261 16 291.6 293.4 288.8 320.2 10.08 3 900 976 11.8 9.8 87 2.0 10.6 263 21 293.7 295.2 288.1 317.9 8.46 4 850 1453 9.8 7.1 83 2.8 8.3 246 21 296.5 297.8 288.1 318.1 7.44 5 800 1956 9.0 1.9 61 7.2 5.3 235 22 300.8 301.8 287.8 317.1 5.47 6 750 2489 6.3 -2.0 55 8.3 2.2 221 28 303.4 304.2 287.7 316.8 4.40 7 700 3051 3.4 -9.9 37 13.2 -2.1 216 29 306.2 306.7 286.8 314.3 2.58 8 650 3648 -0.3 -11.3 43 11.0 -4.7 206 37 308.6 309.0 287.6 316.5 2.47 9 600 4283 -4.5 -13.6 49 9.0 -7.8 202 47 310.9 311.3 288.1 318.1 2.24 10 550 4962 -9.0 -21.2 36 12.2 -12.5 200 57 313.5 313.7 288.0 317.8 1.28 11 500 5694 -12.9 -25.4 34 12.6 -16.0 189 61 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.7 0.97 12 450 6491 -17.0 -22.5 62 5.5 -18.5 180 60 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.6 1.39 13 400 7364 -22.9 -28.4 61 5.5 -24.1 177 59 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.4 0.92 14 350 8329 -29.7 -46.2 19 16.5 -31.3 187 68 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.17 15 300 9412 -37.0 -58.0 10 21.0 -38.1 196 74 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 16 250 10647 -45.6 -61.6 15 16.0 -46.2 190 68 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 17 200 12115 -52.7 -68.5 13 15.8 -53.0 220 72 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13961 -56.6 -78.8 4 22.2 -56.9 214 43 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16479 -64.1 -83.6 5 19.4 -64.3 256 13 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.68 m Freezing level: 654.63 mb = 3592.45 m = 11786.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.92 mb = 2777.29 m = 9111.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.27 % Est. max temperature: 23.25 C = 73.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.05 mb = 502.48 m = 1648.52 ft T: 14.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 3.80 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1445.44 m = 4742.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.38 C = 68.69 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 16.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9364.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.81 mb = 1042.81 m = 3421.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.5 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 236.5 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -39.4 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 135.20 m/s