MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 38.78,-93.07 Latitude: 38.78 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 989 252 17.6 2.9 37 14.8 10.0 97 6 291.7 292.6 283.6 305.5 4.75 2 950 592 18.8 1.2 31 17.7 9.7 123 15 296.3 297.1 285.1 309.3 4.38 3 900 1056 18.2 8.2 52 10.1 12.3 204 15 300.3 301.7 289.6 322.8 7.59 4 850 1544 16.0 9.4 65 6.6 12.0 230 26 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.0 8.76 5 800 2057 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.7 243 27 304.8 306.5 292.5 332.8 9.36 6 750 2596 8.6 6.3 85 2.3 7.3 255 25 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.1 8.01 7 700 3163 4.4 2.6 88 1.7 3.4 250 27 307.3 308.6 291.0 327.6 6.63 8 650 3765 2.1 -4.0 64 6.1 -0.9 252 28 311.3 312.2 290.3 325.1 4.37 9 600 4408 -1.0 -12.5 41 11.6 -5.5 245 24 315.0 315.5 289.6 323.0 2.43 10 550 5097 -4.9 -22.8 23 17.8 -10.3 245 22 318.2 318.4 289.4 322.0 1.11 11 500 5838 -9.9 -28.1 21 18.3 -14.5 247 27 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.6 0.75 12 450 6644 -14.4 -35.7 15 21.4 -18.5 258 41 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.7 0.40 13 400 7527 -19.8 -30.3 39 10.5 -22.0 257 55 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.1 0.77 14 350 8504 -26.8 -32.5 59 5.7 -27.8 260 65 332.6 332.7 293.1 335.2 0.71 15 300 9597 -35.5 -39.9 64 4.4 -36.0 256 67 335.4 335.5 293.6 336.9 0.40 16 250 10848 -42.3 -59.6 13 17.3 -43.0 272 78 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 17 200 12320 -53.3 -66.6 18 13.3 -53.5 267 88 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14117 -66.2 -75.7 25 9.5 -66.3 266 88 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16515 -71.9 -82.9 18 10.9 -72.0 270 62 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.91 m Freezing level: 615.66 mb = 4206.41 m = 13800.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.04 mb = 3640.34 m = 11943.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.07 mb = 2140.51 m = 7022.60 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.81 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.11 mb = 4579.77 m = 15025.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.63 C = 106.93 F Cap Strength: 9.80 C Lifted Index: 10.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.76 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 33.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11003.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.12 mb = 2462.56 m = 8079.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.6 neg: -1.4 tot: 258.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 127.50 m/s