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: 37.62,-89.49 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 994 146 22.1 20.0 88 2.1 20.6 213 10 295.8 298.5 294.0 338.7 14.93 2 950 538 20.6 16.8 79 3.8 18.1 225 27 298.1 300.5 293.1 335.3 12.78 3 900 1005 18.4 13.6 74 4.7 15.3 233 31 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.7 10.97 4 850 1493 15.5 11.5 77 4.0 13.0 244 32 302.4 304.3 292.3 332.3 10.10 5 800 2006 12.5 9.9 84 2.6 10.9 253 33 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.2 9.60 6 750 2545 9.2 7.3 88 1.8 8.0 258 35 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.6 8.61 7 700 3114 5.5 3.9 89 1.6 4.5 265 37 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.23 8 650 3716 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 270 42 310.3 311.3 290.8 326.8 5.29 9 600 4356 -3.0 -7.3 72 4.3 -4.9 271 50 312.6 313.3 290.1 324.3 3.68 10 550 5038 -8.0 -11.7 75 3.7 -9.4 270 52 314.5 315.1 289.9 323.8 2.84 11 500 5773 -12.1 -14.1 85 2.0 -12.9 260 48 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.7 2.56 12 450 6572 -16.6 -17.8 91 1.2 -17.0 244 49 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.4 2.10 13 400 7448 -21.9 -22.1 98 0.2 -22.0 235 45 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.1 1.62 14 350 8417 -28.9 -29.5 95 0.6 -29.0 227 41 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.2 0.95 15 300 9499 -37.9 -37.9 100 0.0 -37.9 235 46 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.8 0.49 16 250 10729 -47.1 -47.6 95 0.4 -47.1 238 52 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.21 17 200 12169 -57.9 -59.4 83 1.5 -57.9 236 48 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 13965 -61.1 -79.0 8 17.9 -61.3 257 54 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16458 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.6 -66.0 275 33 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.21 m Freezing level: 635.68 mb = 3899.36 m = 12793.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.66 mb = 3695.48 m = 12124.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.39 mb = 416.56 m = 1366.66 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 9.48 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1638.07 m = 5374.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 545.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.06 mb = 1070.89 m = 3513.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.06 mb = 2790.03 m = 9153.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.06 mb = 10258.42 m = 33655.81 ft B at Equ Level: 542.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.06 mb = 13255.28 m = 43487.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 6.00 Bulk Shear: 90.99 m/s