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: 38.16,-90.39 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -90.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 986 209 23.6 19.7 79 3.9 20.9 266 10 297.9 300.6 294.5 340.8 14.80 2 950 534 20.2 17.3 83 2.9 18.2 270 22 297.7 300.1 293.3 335.8 13.17 3 900 999 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 276 27 298.7 300.9 292.9 334.2 12.18 4 850 1485 14.2 12.6 90 1.7 13.2 275 28 301.1 303.0 292.5 333.0 10.83 5 800 1996 11.8 8.8 82 3.0 9.9 274 29 303.7 305.4 291.8 330.3 8.90 6 750 2534 9.1 3.2 67 5.9 5.8 272 32 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.0 6.42 7 700 3102 6.1 -4.7 46 10.8 1.0 270 38 309.2 309.9 289.1 321.3 3.85 8 650 3705 1.9 -11.0 38 12.9 -3.3 270 46 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.3 2.53 9 600 4344 -3.0 -12.7 47 9.6 -6.7 269 52 312.6 313.1 288.9 320.4 2.41 10 550 5026 -8.6 -15.4 58 6.9 -10.9 266 54 313.9 314.3 289.0 320.8 2.09 11 500 5758 -13.3 -19.7 59 6.3 -15.2 263 54 316.8 317.1 289.4 322.2 1.61 12 450 6553 -17.6 -27.0 44 9.4 -19.8 252 53 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.3 0.93 13 400 7425 -23.1 -30.8 50 7.7 -24.6 239 55 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.6 0.74 14 350 8389 -30.2 -36.2 56 6.0 -31.0 232 57 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.49 15 300 9467 -38.1 -44.7 50 6.6 -38.7 231 61 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.24 16 250 10697 -46.8 -54.0 44 7.2 -47.1 231 58 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 17 200 12142 -56.8 -61.4 56 4.5 -56.9 229 56 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 13946 -60.3 -78.2 8 18.0 -60.4 261 58 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16445 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.6 -65.9 270 35 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.86 m Freezing level: 630.68 mb = 3951.86 m = 12965.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.89 mb = 3232.40 m = 10604.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.72 mb = 701.05 m = 2300.01 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1128.91 m = 3703.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 29.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 807.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.69 mb = 982.59 m = 3223.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.69 mb = 2135.37 m = 7005.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.69 mb = 10518.99 m = 34510.69 ft B at Equ Level: 802.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.69 mb = 13672.05 m = 44855.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 12.96 Bulk Shear: 62.32 m/s