MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510160000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510160000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 40.39,-90.59 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 984 192 21.0 14.4 66 6.6 16.7 158 8 295.6 297.5 290.5 325.9 10.53 2 950 495 24.6 13.6 50 11.0 17.4 180 26 302.1 304.0 292.4 332.7 10.33 3 900 967 21.3 11.8 55 9.4 15.3 201 28 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.4 9.73 4 850 1459 17.5 9.2 58 8.3 12.4 215 29 304.5 306.1 291.8 330.3 8.61 5 800 1975 15.1 -1.5 32 16.6 6.5 219 25 307.2 308.0 288.9 320.5 4.29 6 750 2517 11.8 -8.4 23 20.2 2.8 228 21 309.4 309.9 288.1 318.0 2.70 7 700 3089 7.3 -8.6 31 15.9 0.3 236 21 310.6 311.1 288.6 319.7 2.85 8 650 3694 2.7 -9.4 41 12.1 -2.5 247 24 312.0 312.5 289.1 321.2 2.89 9 600 4335 -2.3 -10.4 54 8.1 -5.6 257 30 313.4 314.0 289.6 322.7 2.88 10 550 5020 -6.6 -13.6 58 7.0 -9.2 263 40 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.43 11 500 5760 -9.9 -20.1 43 10.2 -13.1 268 52 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.55 12 450 6564 -15.4 -21.0 62 5.6 -17.0 266 60 323.9 324.3 291.6 329.4 1.59 13 400 7443 -21.5 -25.2 72 3.6 -22.4 272 61 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.4 1.24 14 350 8415 -28.1 -34.0 57 5.9 -29.0 277 71 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.61 15 300 9503 -36.4 -46.2 35 9.9 -37.2 272 71 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.20 16 250 10737 -47.4 -48.7 87 1.2 -47.5 279 69 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 17 200 12174 -58.0 -61.5 64 3.5 -58.1 277 71 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 18 150 13968 -61.0 -79.3 7 18.4 -61.2 277 61 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16436 -68.3 -83.6 10 15.2 -68.4 256 28 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.57 m Freezing level: 623.29 mb = 4036.20 m = 13241.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.44 mb = 3154.30 m = 10348.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.79 mb = 1045.82 m = 3431.11 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.68 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.87 mb = 2880.29 m = 9449.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.56 C = 96.00 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 315.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.03 mb = 1879.17 m = 6165.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.03 mb = 4149.75 m = 13614.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.03 mb = 5545.12 m = 18192.43 ft B at Equ Level: 48.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.03 mb = 7552.73 m = 24778.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.2 neg: -22.9 tot: 242.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 106.73 m/s