MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.68,-93.59 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 971 374 18.6 11.8 64 6.8 14.4 182 5 294.2 295.8 288.7 320.0 8.96 2 950 559 16.3 11.3 72 5.0 13.3 193 8 293.8 295.4 288.5 319.3 8.90 3 900 1021 17.3 14.1 81 3.2 15.2 229 20 299.3 301.4 292.3 332.3 11.29 4 850 1508 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 235 20 301.7 303.6 292.0 331.1 9.93 5 800 2020 13.3 -1.0 37 14.3 5.9 244 16 305.3 306.1 288.4 318.9 4.44 6 750 2560 10.3 -20.4 10 30.8 -0.2 250 15 307.8 308.0 285.7 311.1 1.00 7 700 3128 5.8 -18.1 16 23.9 -2.6 259 16 308.9 309.2 286.5 313.2 1.32 8 650 3728 0.8 -13.0 35 13.8 -4.5 262 16 309.8 310.2 287.7 316.8 2.15 9 600 4365 -3.8 -12.6 50 8.8 -7.1 261 25 311.8 312.2 288.6 319.6 2.42 10 550 5047 -7.7 -14.6 58 6.9 -10.2 276 40 314.9 315.3 289.4 322.2 2.23 11 500 5783 -12.1 -20.2 51 8.1 -14.5 287 46 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.5 1.53 12 450 6579 -17.9 -27.8 42 9.9 -20.1 287 43 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.7 0.86 13 400 7448 -24.1 -35.5 34 11.4 -25.9 290 49 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.4 0.47 14 350 8409 -30.9 -47.1 19 16.2 -32.3 292 62 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.7 0.16 15 300 9482 -39.8 -51.5 28 11.7 -40.5 304 66 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 16 250 10701 -49.7 -52.8 69 3.1 -49.8 317 80 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 17 200 12135 -55.5 -67.9 20 12.5 -55.7 295 73 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13953 -58.7 -80.0 5 21.3 -58.9 316 55 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16420 -66.5 -83.6 7 17.0 -66.7 322 26 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.28 m Freezing level: 641.51 mb = 3836.40 m = 12586.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.74 mb = 2540.27 m = 8334.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.07 mb = 1241.30 m = 4072.46 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.04 mb = 2669.83 m = 8759.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 0.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 14.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 371.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5940.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.49 mb = 1364.33 m = 4476.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.7 neg: -9.2 tot: 105.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 64.65 m/s