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: 39.43,-92.91 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 988 221 22.9 19.2 80 3.6 20.4 116 7 297.1 299.7 294.0 338.5 14.35 2 950 562 24.1 17.3 66 6.8 19.4 163 17 301.7 304.1 294.4 340.5 13.18 3 900 1034 21.3 14.8 66 6.5 17.0 199 19 303.5 305.6 294.0 338.6 11.83 4 850 1528 18.3 12.8 70 5.5 14.7 232 21 305.3 307.4 293.9 338.3 11.01 5 800 2045 14.8 10.7 76 4.1 12.2 255 24 306.9 308.8 293.7 337.6 10.17 6 750 2588 11.5 5.5 67 5.9 8.0 263 30 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.3 7.59 7 700 3162 8.6 -6.2 34 14.8 1.7 289 30 312.0 312.7 289.6 323.0 3.43 8 650 3770 3.6 -7.0 46 10.5 -1.2 288 36 313.0 313.7 290.0 324.2 3.49 9 600 4413 -2.1 -12.2 46 10.0 -6.1 290 35 313.6 314.1 289.3 321.8 2.50 10 550 5096 -7.9 -15.9 52 8.0 -10.6 292 33 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.4 2.01 11 500 5831 -12.2 -28.5 24 16.3 -16.0 296 35 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.7 0.73 12 450 6630 -16.1 -36.5 16 20.3 -19.8 292 35 323.0 323.0 290.1 324.3 0.37 13 400 7507 -21.9 -43.2 13 21.3 -24.7 290 38 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.21 14 350 8473 -30.0 -40.7 35 10.7 -31.3 293 41 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.31 15 300 9549 -39.0 -50.8 28 11.8 -39.8 294 42 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 16 250 10772 -49.0 -59.6 28 10.5 -49.4 295 44 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12200 -58.8 -64.7 46 5.9 -58.9 297 54 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 18 150 13994 -60.7 -78.1 8 17.5 -60.9 288 54 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -65.6 -83.2 7 17.7 -65.7 291 33 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.73 m Freezing level: 618.80 mb = 4170.86 m = 13683.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.08 mb = 3508.17 m = 11509.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.66 mb = 685.56 m = 2249.18 ft T: 23.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 17.53 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2175.61 m = 7137.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.76 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 498.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.44 mb = 1462.39 m = 4797.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.44 mb = 3503.79 m = 11495.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.44 mb = 12153.96 m = 39874.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1278.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.44 mb = 14803.89 m = 48568.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 395.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.65 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 185.55 m/s