MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 38.05,-90.45 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -90.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 987 231 28.6 17.0 49 11.7 20.6 68 6 302.9 305.2 294.3 339.7 12.41 2 950 568 25.3 15.2 53 10.1 18.5 68 12 302.9 305.0 293.6 336.9 11.49 3 900 1040 20.8 14.2 66 6.6 16.4 64 12 302.9 305.0 293.4 336.6 11.35 4 850 1531 16.1 13.1 82 3.1 14.1 60 12 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.2 11.19 5 800 2044 11.9 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 58 12 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.0 10.81 6 750 2583 9.8 7.8 87 2.0 8.6 63 12 307.2 308.9 292.8 334.1 8.89 7 700 3155 6.9 4.4 84 2.6 5.5 60 9 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.2 7.49 8 650 3761 3.4 -1.2 72 4.6 1.0 52 8 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.7 5.39 9 600 4407 0.7 -14.4 31 15.1 -5.1 55 14 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.9 2.09 10 550 5101 -2.7 -31.6 9 28.9 -10.0 65 15 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.7 0.49 11 500 5849 -7.5 -35.5 9 28.1 -13.6 54 15 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.37 12 450 6659 -13.6 -35.8 14 22.2 -18.0 42 13 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.40 13 400 7541 -21.0 -32.9 34 11.9 -23.3 30 14 327.6 327.8 291.7 329.8 0.60 14 350 8515 -27.7 -44.4 19 16.6 -29.6 351 18 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.21 15 300 9604 -35.7 -52.0 17 16.3 -36.8 292 9 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10843 -46.2 -54.8 37 8.6 -46.6 259 8 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12294 -54.7 -60.7 47 6.0 -54.9 283 12 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14115 -59.2 -80.0 5 20.8 -59.4 265 21 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16589 -68.0 -82.7 10 14.8 -68.1 256 5 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.95 m Freezing level: 589.66 mb = 4550.45 m = 14929.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.74 mb = 3864.06 m = 12677.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.95 mb = 1702.36 m = 5585.09 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.52 mb = 1922.70 m = 6307.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.46 mb = 1830.08 m = 6004.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.46 mb = 1986.06 m = 6515.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.46 mb = 2412.68 m = 7915.51 ft B at Equ Level: 0.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 745.46 mb = 2633.63 m = 8640.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 59.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 89.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -5.6 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 154.75 Bulk Shear: 0.87 m/s