MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 39.65,-94.22 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 977 283 18.5 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 212 8 293.6 295.9 291.5 329.1 12.42 2 950 522 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.9 208 24 297.0 299.1 292.0 331.1 11.80 3 900 988 19.6 13.9 70 5.7 15.8 223 42 301.7 303.7 292.9 334.6 11.15 4 850 1480 17.8 11.0 65 6.8 13.5 234 41 304.8 306.6 292.8 334.0 9.76 5 800 1996 14.0 9.0 72 5.0 10.9 240 38 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.4 9.07 6 750 2537 9.7 6.9 82 2.9 8.0 245 37 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.4 8.33 7 700 3107 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 4.9 245 38 308.4 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.61 8 650 3709 1.4 1.0 98 0.3 1.2 244 39 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.2 6.37 9 600 4349 -3.0 -3.6 95 0.6 -3.3 243 41 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.0 4.87 10 550 5032 -7.7 -9.2 89 1.5 -8.4 244 40 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.1 3.47 11 500 5767 -12.3 -14.4 84 2.2 -13.0 242 39 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.4 2.50 12 450 6565 -17.1 -19.0 85 1.9 -17.7 246 41 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.89 13 400 7438 -22.9 -24.4 88 1.5 -23.2 248 44 325.2 325.5 291.7 329.8 1.33 14 350 8402 -30.1 -30.3 98 0.2 -30.2 250 46 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.3 0.88 15 300 9479 -38.7 -38.7 100 -0.0 -38.7 254 47 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.45 16 250 10704 -48.8 -50.3 84 1.5 -48.8 252 46 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.15 17 200 12133 -57.0 -64.1 40 7.1 -57.1 257 59 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 13938 -60.7 -77.5 9 16.8 -60.9 260 56 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16440 -63.2 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.4 270 29 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.19 m Freezing level: 634.34 mb = 3909.21 m = 12825.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.79 mb = 3872.90 m = 12706.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.59 mb = 498.27 m = 1634.72 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.49 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.25 mb = 2237.95 m = 7342.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.42 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 40.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 340.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.09 mb = 1328.74 m = 4359.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.09 mb = 3222.56 m = 10572.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.09 mb = 9705.01 m = 31840.18 ft B at Equ Level: 339.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.09 mb = 12451.92 m = 40852.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 305.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 5.95 Bulk Shear: 57.22 m/s