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: 37.99,-92.27 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -92.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 285 17.9 14.8 82 3.1 15.9 209 5 293.3 295.2 290.1 324.5 10.94 2 950 495 19.8 13.8 68 6.0 16.0 213 19 297.3 299.2 291.0 327.7 10.49 3 900 962 19.4 13.5 69 5.9 15.5 237 33 301.5 303.4 292.6 333.5 10.85 4 850 1452 16.5 10.5 68 6.0 12.7 242 33 303.4 305.2 292.2 331.6 9.44 5 800 1966 12.7 9.7 82 3.0 10.8 241 31 304.7 306.4 292.5 333.0 9.47 6 750 2505 9.5 7.4 87 2.0 8.2 238 31 306.8 308.5 292.6 333.1 8.66 7 700 3075 5.7 3.8 88 1.9 4.6 232 33 308.8 310.2 291.9 330.9 7.20 8 650 3678 2.1 -1.9 75 4.0 0.1 230 38 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.3 5.11 9 600 4320 -1.7 -12.0 45 10.3 -5.8 241 44 314.1 314.6 289.5 322.4 2.54 10 550 5006 -6.8 -16.5 46 9.7 -10.1 241 47 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.4 1.91 11 500 5743 -11.2 -20.5 46 9.2 -14.0 238 48 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.5 1.50 12 450 6544 -15.9 -23.6 52 7.6 -18.0 239 49 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.27 13 400 7421 -21.8 -27.2 62 5.3 -23.0 246 53 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.3 1.03 14 350 8390 -29.2 -32.6 72 3.4 -29.7 250 57 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.71 15 300 9471 -38.1 -38.1 100 0.0 -38.1 256 61 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.5 0.48 16 250 10697 -48.8 -48.8 100 0.0 -48.7 256 68 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 17 200 12134 -54.8 -66.3 23 11.5 -55.0 258 86 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 13958 -59.8 -79.7 6 19.8 -60.0 254 73 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16434 -68.7 -83.6 10 14.9 -68.8 250 34 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.25 m Freezing level: 622.52 mb = 4031.00 m = 13224.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.33 mb = 3686.44 m = 12094.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.10 mb = 677.91 m = 2224.09 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.70 mb = 2277.74 m = 7472.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.43 C = 86.78 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.45 mb = 1467.66 m = 4815.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.45 mb = 4815.46 m = 15798.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 483.45 mb = 5999.17 m = 19682.09 ft B at Equ Level: 34.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.45 mb = 7357.61 m = 24138.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.1 neg: -11.9 tot: 171.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 55.28 m/s