MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-88.78 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 994 159 19.4 18.5 94 0.9 18.8 233 6 293.1 295.5 292.2 331.7 13.58 2 950 547 20.0 16.3 79 3.7 17.6 257 21 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.4 12.40 3 900 1012 16.7 14.7 88 2.0 15.4 272 25 298.7 300.9 292.6 333.1 11.80 4 850 1498 13.6 12.8 95 0.8 13.1 277 27 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.8 11.02 5 800 2007 11.3 10.1 92 1.2 10.6 279 28 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.3 9.76 6 750 2546 9.0 4.5 74 4.4 6.4 277 29 306.3 307.6 291.1 327.8 7.07 7 700 3114 5.5 -3.1 54 8.6 1.3 278 32 308.6 309.4 289.4 322.1 4.35 8 650 3715 1.4 -12.7 34 14.1 -4.1 279 37 310.6 311.0 288.0 317.7 2.22 9 600 4353 -3.3 -14.3 42 11.0 -7.3 279 47 312.3 312.7 288.5 319.2 2.10 10 550 5035 -8.3 -15.7 55 7.3 -10.9 278 54 314.2 314.6 289.0 320.9 2.05 11 500 5768 -12.7 -24.5 37 11.8 -15.8 274 51 317.5 317.7 289.1 321.1 1.05 12 450 6565 -16.7 -23.3 57 6.6 -18.4 253 51 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.30 13 400 7441 -22.2 -25.2 77 3.0 -22.9 238 53 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.24 14 350 8409 -29.2 -31.8 78 2.6 -29.6 232 57 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.76 15 300 9490 -37.9 -39.6 84 1.7 -38.1 232 63 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.41 16 250 10720 -47.4 -49.2 81 1.8 -47.4 233 58 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.17 17 200 12164 -55.9 -62.2 45 6.2 -56.1 240 65 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 13966 -61.3 -77.0 11 15.7 -61.4 261 55 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16462 -65.3 -83.4 6 18.2 -65.4 274 31 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.99 m Freezing level: 634.90 mb = 3907.80 m = 12820.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.86 mb = 3255.68 m = 10681.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.67 mb = 272.53 m = 894.11 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1262.70 m = 4142.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.91 C = 78.63 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 30.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 331.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.03 mb = 935.71 m = 3069.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.03 mb = 3312.91 m = 10869.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.03 mb = 8549.94 m = 28050.65 ft B at Equ Level: 331.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.03 mb = 12067.29 m = 39590.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 69.05 m/s