MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 38.64,-94.61 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 980 285 17.2 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 132 14 292.0 294.1 290.5 325.8 11.93 2 950 551 15.8 15.4 97 0.4 15.5 144 28 293.2 295.3 290.6 326.3 11.62 3 900 1012 17.0 13.9 82 3.1 15.0 184 34 299.1 301.1 292.2 331.7 11.17 4 850 1501 18.4 10.1 59 8.2 13.2 211 30 305.4 307.1 292.5 333.0 9.18 5 800 2019 15.2 6.1 54 9.1 9.8 233 27 307.3 308.7 291.7 329.8 7.38 6 750 2562 10.4 3.9 64 6.5 6.8 237 31 307.9 309.2 291.3 328.6 6.76 7 700 3132 5.7 2.0 77 3.6 3.7 242 38 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.3 6.35 8 650 3734 0.9 -0.1 93 1.0 0.4 242 44 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.1 5.85 9 600 4374 -2.0 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 226 42 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.6 5.33 10 550 5062 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.5 -6.2 208 37 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.8 4.28 11 500 5802 -10.7 -11.5 93 0.9 -11.0 195 34 320.0 320.7 291.9 330.5 3.17 12 450 6606 -15.0 -15.6 95 0.6 -15.2 204 37 324.4 324.9 292.5 333.0 2.53 13 400 7487 -20.9 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.9 221 43 327.8 328.2 292.8 334.1 1.80 14 350 8459 -28.7 -29.0 97 0.3 -28.7 221 40 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.7 0.99 15 300 9541 -37.8 -39.1 88 1.3 -37.9 214 36 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.43 16 250 10770 -48.1 -48.5 96 0.4 -48.1 205 39 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 17 200 12210 -55.6 -66.0 26 10.4 -55.8 240 44 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14026 -59.1 -79.0 6 19.8 -59.3 255 31 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16502 -67.1 -82.9 9 15.7 -67.2 233 17 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.73 m Freezing level: 634.66 mb = 3930.44 m = 12894.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.96 mb = 3821.09 m = 12536.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.12 mb = 398.18 m = 1306.34 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 4.85 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2422.95 m = 7949.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6033.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.27 mb = 990.03 m = 3248.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 387.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 160.95 m/s