MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 40.12,-90.91 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 983 206 27.2 15.8 50 11.5 19.5 203 19 301.8 303.9 293.3 335.9 11.53 2 950 509 23.8 15.0 58 8.7 17.9 206 34 301.3 303.4 293.0 334.8 11.37 3 900 978 19.3 14.0 71 5.3 15.8 212 37 301.4 303.4 292.9 334.4 11.21 4 850 1467 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.5 220 37 301.8 303.9 292.8 334.1 10.93 5 800 1978 11.3 10.8 97 0.5 11.0 226 38 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.7 10.25 6 750 2515 8.4 7.9 96 0.6 8.1 230 41 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.95 7 700 3083 5.5 4.1 90 1.4 4.7 233 45 308.6 310.0 292.0 331.1 7.35 8 650 3686 2.1 0.0 86 2.1 1.0 237 48 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.8 5.91 9 600 4328 -2.4 -4.0 89 1.6 -3.2 237 55 313.3 314.2 291.2 328.3 4.75 10 550 5012 -8.0 -9.0 93 0.9 -8.4 237 61 314.5 315.2 290.5 325.9 3.53 11 500 5745 -12.8 -20.8 51 8.0 -15.1 234 62 317.4 317.7 289.5 322.3 1.45 12 450 6545 -15.1 -36.7 14 21.6 -19.0 237 66 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.37 13 400 7423 -22.2 -42.3 14 20.1 -24.9 237 68 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 14 350 8388 -30.3 -45.9 20 15.6 -31.8 232 70 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.18 15 300 9466 -37.9 -51.6 23 13.7 -38.8 229 70 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.11 16 250 10698 -46.5 -55.6 35 9.0 -46.9 226 69 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12151 -54.2 -66.3 21 12.1 -54.5 231 78 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 13982 -59.3 -80.2 5 21.0 -59.5 241 67 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16463 -66.2 -83.2 8 16.9 -66.4 234 27 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.06 m Freezing level: 626.68 mb = 3985.54 m = 13075.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.96 mb = 3836.12 m = 12585.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.81 mb = 1649.39 m = 5411.30 ft T: 13.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.53 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1794.84 m = 5888.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.66 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 486.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.12 mb = 1636.13 m = 5367.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.12 mb = 1997.61 m = 6553.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.12 mb = 9977.76 m = 32735.02 ft B at Equ Level: 482.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.12 mb = 12541.15 m = 41144.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 6.38 Bulk Shear: 76.18 m/s