MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 39.18,-90.83 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 989 181 22.7 19.1 80 3.6 20.2 239 14 296.8 299.4 293.8 337.9 14.22 2 950 528 19.3 17.0 87 2.3 17.8 242 25 296.8 299.1 292.9 334.2 12.97 3 900 992 16.1 15.1 94 1.0 15.5 255 27 298.1 300.3 292.6 333.2 12.10 4 850 1477 13.8 12.1 90 1.6 12.7 262 25 300.6 302.5 292.1 331.5 10.52 5 800 1987 11.5 9.1 85 2.4 10.0 260 26 303.5 305.1 291.9 330.6 9.11 6 750 2524 8.3 5.9 85 2.4 6.9 262 28 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.1 7.78 7 700 3092 4.9 1.2 77 3.8 2.9 265 33 308.0 309.1 290.6 326.3 5.96 8 650 3693 1.2 -5.9 59 7.1 -2.0 263 43 310.3 311.0 289.5 322.3 3.80 9 600 4332 -3.2 -11.7 52 8.5 -6.5 258 51 312.4 312.9 289.0 320.8 2.60 10 550 5013 -8.5 -15.1 59 6.6 -10.8 256 53 313.9 314.4 289.0 321.0 2.14 11 500 5746 -13.1 -20.0 56 6.8 -15.1 253 55 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.3 1.57 12 450 6541 -17.9 -25.5 51 7.6 -19.7 249 57 320.7 320.9 290.1 324.4 1.07 13 400 7412 -23.0 -30.1 52 7.1 -24.4 236 58 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.78 14 350 8377 -29.9 -35.8 56 5.9 -30.7 229 60 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.51 15 300 9457 -37.9 -43.9 53 6.0 -38.5 221 61 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.26 16 250 10688 -47.3 -51.1 65 3.8 -47.5 213 59 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12127 -57.4 -63.5 46 6.1 -57.5 233 58 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 13925 -60.0 -78.1 8 18.1 -60.2 254 58 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16439 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.3 249 34 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.22 m Freezing level: 636.30 mb = 3867.82 m = 12689.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.39 mb = 3442.33 m = 11293.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.09 mb = 636.31 m = 2087.60 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 17.04 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 991.71 m = 3253.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.97 C = 75.14 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 634.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.36 mb = 893.55 m = 2931.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.36 mb = 2247.51 m = 7373.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.36 mb = 10035.41 m = 32924.17 ft B at Equ Level: 631.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.36 mb = 13315.36 m = 43685.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 13.60 Bulk Shear: 46.62 m/s