MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 39.38,-92.56 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 987 235 22.7 19.2 81 3.5 20.2 132 7 296.9 299.5 293.9 338.3 14.32 2 950 565 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.5 163 18 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.8 13.76 3 900 1036 20.5 15.4 73 5.1 17.1 205 19 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.0 12.31 4 850 1528 17.8 13.0 73 4.8 14.6 242 22 304.8 306.8 293.8 338.0 11.11 5 800 2045 14.7 10.7 77 4.0 12.1 262 29 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.5 10.17 6 750 2588 11.8 4.2 60 7.5 7.5 275 31 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.7 6.93 7 700 3163 8.6 -6.1 35 14.7 1.7 291 31 312.0 312.6 289.6 323.0 3.45 8 650 3770 3.6 -9.3 38 12.9 -2.0 290 35 313.1 313.6 289.5 322.4 2.91 9 600 4413 -1.9 -14.0 39 12.1 -6.4 294 32 314.0 314.4 289.0 321.0 2.16 10 550 5097 -7.7 -16.3 50 8.6 -10.6 294 31 315.0 315.3 289.2 321.4 1.94 11 500 5832 -12.1 -28.8 24 16.7 -16.0 296 33 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.8 0.71 12 450 6630 -16.5 -35.6 18 19.1 -20.0 292 33 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.0 0.41 13 400 7506 -22.0 -43.6 12 21.6 -24.8 291 37 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 14 350 8473 -30.0 -41.1 33 11.0 -31.3 293 40 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.30 15 300 9548 -39.2 -48.9 35 9.7 -39.8 294 42 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 16 250 10771 -49.0 -59.5 29 10.4 -49.4 294 44 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12199 -58.6 -65.0 44 6.4 -58.7 297 52 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.03 18 150 13996 -60.7 -78.0 9 17.3 -60.9 288 52 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16479 -65.7 -83.2 7 17.6 -65.8 291 33 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.58 m Freezing level: 617.00 mb = 4194.03 m = 13759.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.15 mb = 3434.46 m = 11267.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.81 mb = 677.59 m = 2223.02 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2044.92 m = 6708.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 28.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1321.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.99 mb = 1298.07 m = 4258.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.99 mb = 3545.97 m = 11633.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.99 mb = 12262.42 m = 40230.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.99 mb = 14967.57 m = 49105.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 394.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.86 Bulk Rich Number: 7.10 Bulk Shear: 186.17 m/s