MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-92.41 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 316 19.8 14.8 73 5.0 16.6 275 5 294.9 296.8 290.6 326.2 10.92 2 950 564 22.6 12.1 51 10.5 16.0 284 19 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.7 9.38 3 900 1032 18.8 10.6 59 8.2 13.7 289 21 300.9 302.6 291.0 327.4 8.95 4 850 1519 14.3 10.2 76 4.1 11.8 285 18 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.4 9.23 5 800 2028 10.2 6.0 75 4.1 7.8 282 17 302.0 303.3 290.0 324.0 7.37 6 750 2563 8.2 -5.9 36 14.1 1.8 285 24 305.5 306.1 287.3 315.7 3.28 7 700 3129 4.5 -6.5 45 11.0 -0.4 281 32 307.4 308.1 288.1 317.9 3.35 8 650 3728 0.5 -8.0 53 8.6 -3.1 278 38 309.5 310.2 288.6 319.7 3.21 9 600 4366 -3.7 -13.6 46 9.9 -7.4 292 39 311.8 312.3 288.4 319.1 2.23 10 550 5049 -6.5 -25.5 21 18.9 -11.6 292 44 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.3 0.88 11 500 5787 -10.7 -31.8 16 21.1 -15.4 292 43 319.9 320.1 289.3 321.9 0.53 12 450 6587 -16.7 -35.5 18 18.8 -20.1 297 47 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.41 13 400 7460 -23.5 -34.3 36 10.8 -25.3 300 54 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.52 14 350 8421 -31.0 -35.1 67 4.1 -31.6 298 63 327.0 327.1 291.4 329.0 0.55 15 300 9495 -39.4 -44.5 58 5.1 -39.8 299 70 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.24 16 250 10716 -49.0 -54.7 52 5.6 -49.2 302 74 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12158 -55.5 -66.5 24 10.9 -55.8 300 72 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13959 -62.7 -77.5 12 14.8 -62.9 300 61 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16425 -66.2 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.3 287 14 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.33 m Freezing level: 643.87 mb = 3806.15 m = 12487.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.08 mb = 3011.80 m = 9881.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.54 mb = 950.14 m = 3117.21 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2367.01 m = 7765.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 24.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.52 mb = 1846.28 m = 6057.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.52 mb = 4201.10 m = 13782.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 592.52 mb = 4464.08 m = 14645.76 ft B at Equ Level: 19.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 542.52 mb = 5154.81 m = 16911.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.0 neg: -10.8 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 32.70 m/s