MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 38.87,-90.32 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -90.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 998 170 23.0 5.3 32 17.7 13.1 63 5 296.4 297.4 286.3 312.8 5.60 2 950 601 24.7 2.7 24 22.0 12.5 72 14 302.3 303.2 287.8 317.0 4.88 3 900 1070 20.4 1.4 28 18.9 10.2 75 14 302.5 303.4 287.7 316.8 4.71 4 850 1559 15.8 0.2 34 15.7 7.7 75 14 302.7 303.6 287.6 316.5 4.55 5 800 2069 12.1 -4.5 31 16.7 4.2 74 14 304.1 304.7 286.9 314.6 3.41 6 750 2607 9.9 -13.1 18 23.0 0.7 76 12 307.3 307.7 286.5 313.3 1.85 7 700 3176 6.5 -16.1 18 22.6 -1.9 77 10 309.7 310.0 287.0 314.8 1.56 8 650 3780 3.3 -22.7 13 26.0 -4.9 75 9 312.7 312.9 287.4 315.9 0.95 9 600 4425 0.7 -29.0 9 29.6 -7.4 86 13 316.9 317.0 288.4 318.9 0.58 10 550 5116 -4.0 -28.3 13 24.3 -10.5 76 14 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.67 11 500 5860 -9.1 -34.2 11 25.1 -14.5 48 11 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.5 0.42 12 450 6666 -14.9 -38.5 11 23.6 -19.1 25 10 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.30 13 400 7544 -22.3 -39.4 19 17.2 -24.8 11 10 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.31 14 350 8510 -29.6 -39.8 37 10.2 -30.9 29 5 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.34 15 300 9594 -36.3 -36.9 94 0.6 -36.4 70 2 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.2 0.54 16 250 10833 -45.9 -51.6 52 5.7 -46.2 46 8 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.13 17 200 12291 -51.5 -69.4 10 17.9 -51.8 349 7 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14115 -61.1 -76.7 11 15.6 -61.3 316 6 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16599 -66.8 -82.7 9 15.9 -66.9 337 2 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.91 m Freezing level: 592.92 mb = 4522.52 m = 14837.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.98 mb = 2762.83 m = 9064.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.29 mb = 2417.32 m = 7930.76 ft T: 10.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 3.73 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 543.65 mb = 5207.04 m = 17083.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.30 C = 115.34 F Cap Strength: 9.55 C Lifted Index: 9.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.83 C Showalter Index: 9.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 9.26 C K Index: 2.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10700.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.52 mb = 3158.17 m = 10361.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.1 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 103.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -3.8 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 49.26 Bulk Shear: 0.48 m/s