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,-93.11 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 987 222 23.3 19.0 77 4.3 20.4 116 7 297.5 300.1 294.0 338.5 14.17 2 950 560 24.8 16.9 61 7.9 19.4 164 18 302.4 304.7 294.4 340.3 12.85 3 900 1033 22.0 14.4 62 7.5 17.0 201 18 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.6 11.57 4 850 1527 18.8 12.4 66 6.5 14.6 234 20 305.9 307.9 293.8 338.0 10.70 5 800 2046 15.1 10.3 73 4.8 12.1 253 24 307.3 309.1 293.6 337.2 9.88 6 750 2589 11.3 6.1 70 5.3 8.2 261 29 308.9 310.4 292.5 333.0 7.88 7 700 3163 8.6 -4.7 39 13.3 2.2 287 30 312.0 312.8 290.0 324.3 3.86 8 650 3770 3.5 -5.1 53 8.6 -0.6 286 36 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.7 4.04 9 600 4413 -2.3 -10.6 53 8.3 -5.7 289 36 313.5 314.0 289.6 322.7 2.85 10 550 5097 -7.8 -16.6 49 8.8 -10.8 292 33 314.8 315.1 289.0 321.0 1.89 11 500 5831 -12.0 -28.7 24 16.7 -15.9 296 35 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.9 0.71 12 450 6631 -15.9 -36.9 15 21.0 -19.6 292 36 323.3 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.36 13 400 7509 -21.8 -42.2 14 20.4 -24.6 291 39 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.23 14 350 8475 -30.0 -40.1 37 10.2 -31.2 293 42 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.6 0.33 15 300 9552 -38.9 -50.9 27 11.9 -39.6 295 42 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.12 16 250 10775 -49.0 -59.6 28 10.6 -49.3 295 44 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12203 -58.8 -64.7 46 5.9 -58.9 297 53 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 18 150 13996 -60.8 -78.1 9 17.3 -60.9 288 54 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16481 -65.6 -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: 5721.26 m Freezing level: 619.67 mb = 4160.32 m = 13649.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.28 mb = 3641.89 m = 11948.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.75 mb = 767.30 m = 2517.36 ft T: 23.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.93 mb = 2281.22 m = 7484.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.65 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1255.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.91 mb = 1588.92 m = 5212.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.91 mb = 3535.46 m = 11599.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.91 mb = 12237.07 m = 40147.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1241.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.91 mb = 14925.02 m = 48966.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 375.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 181.26 m/s