MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 37.42,-93.03 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 973 380 23.6 19.7 79 3.9 20.9 338 11 299.1 301.8 295.0 342.9 15.03 2 950 588 21.4 18.3 82 3.1 19.3 336 14 298.9 301.5 294.3 339.9 14.06 3 900 1055 18.1 16.7 92 1.3 17.2 302 9 300.1 302.6 294.2 339.5 13.44 4 850 1544 16.3 12.6 78 3.8 13.9 251 16 303.3 305.3 293.2 335.4 10.82 5 800 2059 13.6 10.1 79 3.5 11.4 254 22 305.7 307.5 293.0 335.0 9.75 6 750 2600 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 264 24 307.4 309.0 292.8 333.9 8.76 7 700 3170 5.9 4.6 91 1.3 5.1 269 26 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.3 7.61 8 650 3774 2.3 1.7 96 0.6 2.0 260 24 311.6 312.9 292.3 332.4 6.68 9 600 4418 -1.2 -2.4 91 1.2 -1.8 249 22 314.8 315.8 292.2 331.7 5.34 10 550 5106 -6.0 -9.5 76 3.5 -7.5 250 24 317.0 317.6 291.1 327.9 3.38 11 500 5846 -9.7 -20.0 43 10.3 -12.9 255 29 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.6 1.57 12 450 6652 -14.6 -28.9 29 14.3 -18.0 253 36 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.6 0.78 13 400 7533 -20.6 -33.9 29 13.3 -23.1 254 42 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.2 0.54 14 350 8506 -28.3 -39.7 32 11.5 -29.7 254 47 330.7 330.7 292.3 332.0 0.35 15 300 9591 -36.9 -43.6 50 6.7 -37.5 264 50 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.27 16 250 10828 -45.9 -51.9 50 6.0 -46.2 273 62 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.13 17 200 12282 -54.4 -66.8 20 12.5 -54.6 277 85 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14087 -64.5 -77.1 16 12.6 -64.6 282 101 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16511 -69.5 -82.9 13 13.4 -69.6 270 54 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.63 m Freezing level: 616.71 mb = 4202.43 m = 13787.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.59 mb = 4107.41 m = 13475.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.64 mb = 868.19 m = 2848.35 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1618.47 m = 5309.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 780.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.06 mb = 1149.73 m = 3772.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.06 mb = 2543.53 m = 8344.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.06 mb = 11229.50 m = 36841.74 ft B at Equ Level: 769.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.06 mb = 13878.45 m = 45532.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.5 neg: -13.4 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 12.59 Bulk Shear: 61.98 m/s