MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.92,-92.01 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 970 301 26.6 17.7 58 8.9 20.5 215 11 302.4 304.9 294.7 341.7 13.28 2 950 479 24.1 16.8 64 7.3 19.1 218 19 301.6 303.9 294.1 339.2 12.77 3 900 949 19.6 15.8 79 3.8 17.0 220 21 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.9 12.64 4 850 1439 15.2 14.7 96 0.6 14.8 223 21 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.9 12.45 5 800 1951 12.3 11.9 97 0.5 12.0 233 24 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.1 11.00 6 750 2492 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 235 26 307.6 309.2 292.9 334.4 8.83 7 700 3062 6.0 3.5 84 2.5 4.5 235 27 309.1 310.4 291.9 330.7 7.03 8 650 3665 1.2 -0.9 86 2.1 0.1 239 30 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.5 5.52 9 600 4304 -3.4 -5.5 86 2.1 -4.3 237 33 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.6 4.25 10 550 4987 -7.6 -9.1 89 1.6 -8.2 225 37 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.3 3.48 11 500 5722 -12.4 -13.6 91 1.2 -12.8 220 39 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.8 2.68 12 450 6520 -17.2 -17.3 99 0.2 -17.3 224 46 321.6 322.1 291.4 329.0 2.18 13 400 7394 -22.6 -22.7 100 0.1 -22.7 226 59 325.6 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.55 14 350 8360 -29.9 -29.9 100 -0.0 -29.9 227 67 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.8 0.92 15 300 9438 -38.4 -38.4 100 0.0 -38.4 233 86 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.1 0.46 16 250 10667 -46.7 -46.9 98 0.1 -46.7 234 90 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.22 17 200 12115 -56.7 -60.3 64 3.6 -56.8 241 70 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.06 18 150 13940 -58.5 -78.8 6 20.2 -58.7 246 71 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16430 -67.3 -83.7 8 16.4 -67.4 245 35 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.99 m Freezing level: 636.82 mb = 3833.20 m = 12575.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.46 mb = 3683.71 m = 12085.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.79 mb = 1420.58 m = 4660.65 ft T: 15.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1495.10 m = 4905.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 27.04 C K Index: 39.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1232.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.81 mb = 1420.36 m = 4659.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.81 mb = 1672.41 m = 5486.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.81 mb = 11298.53 m = 37068.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1226.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.81 mb = 14505.41 m = 47589.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 65.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 58.20 Bulk Shear: 21.18 m/s