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: 39.45,-92.80 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 987 227 22.7 19.2 81 3.5 20.3 119 7 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.5 14.36 2 950 563 23.7 17.6 69 6.1 19.5 162 17 301.2 303.7 294.5 340.7 13.41 3 900 1034 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 17.0 201 18 303.1 305.4 294.0 338.7 12.00 4 850 1528 18.1 12.9 72 5.2 14.7 235 21 305.1 307.2 293.9 338.2 11.07 5 800 2045 14.7 10.8 77 3.9 12.2 257 25 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.7 10.22 6 750 2588 11.6 4.9 64 6.6 7.7 267 30 309.1 310.5 292.1 331.5 7.28 7 700 3162 8.6 -6.9 33 15.5 1.4 289 30 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.4 3.25 8 650 3769 3.6 -7.9 43 11.5 -1.6 288 36 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.4 3.23 9 600 4412 -2.1 -12.8 44 10.8 -6.2 291 34 313.7 314.2 289.2 321.5 2.38 10 550 5096 -7.8 -15.8 53 8.0 -10.6 293 33 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.03 11 500 5830 -12.2 -28.6 24 16.4 -16.0 296 35 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.7 0.72 12 450 6629 -16.3 -36.1 16 19.9 -19.8 292 35 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.39 13 400 7506 -21.9 -43.5 12 21.6 -24.8 290 38 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.20 14 350 8473 -30.0 -41.0 33 11.0 -31.3 293 41 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.4 0.30 15 300 9548 -39.1 -50.7 28 11.6 -39.8 294 42 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 16 250 10771 -49.1 -59.5 28 10.5 -49.4 295 44 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12199 -58.8 -64.8 46 6.0 -58.9 297 54 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 18 150 13994 -60.6 -78.1 8 17.5 -60.8 288 53 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16479 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.7 -65.7 291 33 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.07 m Freezing level: 618.20 mb = 4178.14 m = 13707.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.14 mb = 3446.27 m = 11306.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.06 mb = 673.43 m = 2209.39 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.28 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.97 mb = 2119.16 m = 6952.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1310.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.76 mb = 1399.05 m = 4590.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.76 mb = 3548.43 m = 11641.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.76 mb = 12268.97 m = 40252.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1294.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.76 mb = 14977.47 m = 49138.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 307.3 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): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 387.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 7.09 Bulk Shear: 184.89 m/s