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: 37.69,-90.04 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 988 197 23.4 19.6 79 3.8 20.8 228 10 297.6 300.3 294.4 340.3 14.72 2 950 537 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.4 235 23 298.7 301.1 293.4 336.3 12.92 3 900 1004 17.7 14.8 83 2.9 15.8 247 29 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.4 11.84 4 850 1492 15.0 13.0 88 2.0 13.7 258 31 301.8 303.9 293.0 334.7 11.14 5 800 2003 12.0 10.5 91 1.5 11.1 261 32 303.9 305.8 292.7 333.9 10.03 6 750 2542 9.2 6.6 84 2.6 7.6 265 34 306.5 308.1 292.1 331.3 8.19 7 700 3112 6.0 0.5 68 5.5 3.1 269 39 309.2 310.2 290.7 326.7 5.68 8 650 3715 2.0 -5.2 59 7.1 -1.4 271 46 311.2 311.9 289.9 323.8 4.00 9 600 4355 -2.9 -9.0 63 6.1 -5.5 271 50 312.8 313.4 289.7 323.1 3.23 10 550 5038 -8.1 -13.6 65 5.5 -10.1 270 50 314.5 314.9 289.5 322.4 2.44 11 500 5771 -12.7 -17.9 65 5.3 -14.3 265 47 317.6 317.9 289.9 323.8 1.87 12 450 6568 -17.2 -20.3 77 3.1 -18.1 253 45 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.4 1.70 13 400 7442 -22.4 -23.3 93 0.8 -22.7 238 47 325.8 326.1 292.0 330.9 1.47 14 350 8409 -29.3 -29.6 97 0.3 -29.4 232 48 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.94 15 300 9490 -38.1 -38.4 97 0.3 -38.1 232 52 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.46 16 250 10720 -46.9 -48.1 87 1.2 -46.9 236 55 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.20 17 200 12162 -57.8 -58.7 89 0.9 -57.9 236 50 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 13961 -60.3 -78.6 7 18.3 -60.5 258 55 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16456 -66.1 -83.4 7 17.3 -66.2 274 34 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.46 m Freezing level: 629.92 mb = 3971.73 m = 13030.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.37 mb = 3524.50 m = 11563.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.40 mb = 680.29 m = 2231.89 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 12.30 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.30 mb = 1448.48 m = 4752.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 745.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.52 mb = 1113.39 m = 3652.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.52 mb = 2393.07 m = 7851.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.52 mb = 10625.74 m = 34860.93 ft B at Equ Level: 740.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.52 mb = 13815.72 m = 45326.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 208.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 9.37 Bulk Shear: 79.54 m/s