MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.16,-93.40 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 963 374 17.4 15.4 88 2.1 16.1 186 7 293.7 295.7 290.7 326.4 11.46 2 950 494 19.2 15.5 79 3.6 16.8 200 16 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.6 11.76 3 900 961 19.5 14.7 74 4.8 16.4 226 37 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.4 11.77 4 850 1453 18.0 11.3 65 6.7 13.7 236 38 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.9 9.97 5 800 1969 14.2 9.8 75 4.4 11.4 241 35 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.56 6 750 2511 10.1 7.5 84 2.6 8.5 244 33 307.5 309.2 292.7 333.9 8.68 7 700 3082 6.1 3.1 81 3.0 4.4 237 29 309.2 310.5 291.8 330.2 6.85 8 650 3685 2.5 -3.9 63 6.4 -0.6 232 35 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.6 4.40 9 600 4328 -1.4 -10.4 50 9.0 -5.1 237 43 314.5 315.1 289.9 323.9 2.89 10 550 5016 -6.0 -17.9 38 11.9 -10.0 238 47 317.0 317.3 289.6 322.7 1.70 11 500 5754 -11.1 -24.3 33 13.2 -14.6 238 47 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.2 1.07 12 450 6555 -16.3 -29.0 32 12.7 -19.1 239 47 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.5 0.77 13 400 7431 -21.9 -33.3 35 11.4 -23.9 243 51 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.58 14 350 8399 -29.2 -39.5 36 10.3 -30.4 246 58 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.8 0.35 15 300 9481 -37.8 -42.7 60 4.9 -38.3 252 65 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.29 16 250 10710 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 256 77 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12152 -53.8 -67.3 18 13.5 -54.1 255 87 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13975 -60.7 -79.7 6 19.0 -60.9 256 75 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16443 -69.1 -83.6 10 14.6 -69.2 261 39 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.30 m Freezing level: 617.97 mb = 4097.17 m = 13441.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.20 mb = 3608.13 m = 11837.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.48 mb = 636.18 m = 2087.18 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2258.19 m = 7408.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 220.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.79 mb = 1424.72 m = 4674.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.79 mb = 3712.77 m = 12180.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.79 mb = 9530.59 m = 31267.95 ft B at Equ Level: 219.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.79 mb = 11905.09 m = 39058.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.5 neg: -20.3 tot: 240.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 4.07 Bulk Shear: 54.21 m/s