MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 37.44,-89.79 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -89.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 990 179 22.8 19.8 83 3.0 20.7 215 10 296.8 299.4 294.2 339.5 14.82 2 950 540 21.3 16.9 76 4.4 18.3 227 24 298.8 301.1 293.3 336.2 12.83 3 900 1007 18.2 14.0 76 4.2 15.5 239 28 300.3 302.3 292.6 333.2 11.23 4 850 1495 15.5 12.1 80 3.4 13.3 249 31 302.4 304.3 292.6 333.4 10.48 5 800 2008 12.4 10.2 86 2.3 11.0 255 33 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.7 9.80 6 750 2547 9.2 7.3 87 2.0 8.0 260 34 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.5 8.57 7 700 3117 5.7 3.1 83 2.6 4.2 266 38 308.8 310.1 291.7 329.9 6.86 8 650 3719 1.6 -2.1 76 3.7 -0.3 271 43 310.8 311.7 290.7 326.5 5.04 9 600 4359 -2.9 -7.2 73 4.2 -4.8 273 49 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.6 3.73 10 550 5042 -7.8 -12.2 71 4.4 -9.5 272 50 314.8 315.3 289.9 323.6 2.72 11 500 5777 -12.2 -15.2 79 2.9 -13.2 263 46 318.1 318.6 290.6 326.0 2.36 12 450 6575 -16.8 -17.8 92 1.0 -17.1 250 45 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.2 2.09 13 400 7451 -22.1 -22.2 99 0.1 -22.1 238 44 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.9 1.61 14 350 8419 -29.1 -29.4 97 0.3 -29.2 232 43 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.96 15 300 9501 -38.0 -38.0 100 -0.0 -38.0 236 48 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.48 16 250 10731 -47.0 -47.3 96 0.3 -47.0 239 54 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21 17 200 12172 -57.9 -58.9 87 1.1 -57.9 238 48 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 18 150 13968 -61.0 -78.5 8 17.5 -61.2 257 54 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16462 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.6 -66.0 274 32 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.29 m Freezing level: 632.39 mb = 3944.75 m = 12941.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.03 mb = 3681.55 m = 12078.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.94 mb = 558.95 m = 1833.80 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 10.08 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1636.45 m = 5368.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 37.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 628.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.55 mb = 1145.30 m = 3757.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.55 mb = 2652.01 m = 8700.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.55 mb = 10451.86 m = 34290.45 ft B at Equ Level: 625.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.55 mb = 13543.47 m = 44433.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 89.03 m/s