MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.75,-93.23 Latitude: 37.75 Longitude: -93.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 969 319 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.6 210 13 298.6 301.1 294.0 338.5 13.74 2 950 493 20.9 17.1 79 3.8 18.3 212 24 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.2 13.01 3 900 959 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 226 34 300.0 302.4 293.6 337.0 12.60 4 850 1449 16.8 12.5 76 4.3 14.1 240 35 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.0 10.81 5 800 1965 15.0 7.1 59 8.0 10.3 242 33 307.2 308.7 292.0 331.3 7.93 6 750 2508 11.6 -1.7 40 13.3 4.8 240 34 309.2 310.0 289.7 323.2 4.50 7 700 3080 6.7 -3.1 50 9.8 1.8 240 36 309.9 310.7 289.8 323.4 4.33 8 650 3682 1.3 -4.6 65 6.0 -1.4 238 40 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.6 4.17 9 600 4321 -3.2 -13.2 46 10.0 -7.0 235 46 312.4 312.9 288.7 319.9 2.31 10 550 5004 -7.4 -18.3 41 10.9 -10.9 233 54 315.3 315.6 289.0 320.8 1.65 11 500 5740 -11.9 -27.7 26 15.8 -15.7 234 57 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.3 0.78 12 450 6538 -16.7 -33.6 22 16.9 -20.0 237 57 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.0 0.50 13 400 7412 -22.6 -37.6 24 15.0 -24.9 240 60 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.38 14 350 8378 -29.8 -43.6 25 13.8 -31.3 239 66 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.23 15 300 9457 -38.2 -44.4 52 6.2 -38.8 241 73 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.24 16 250 10686 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 243 85 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12131 -53.2 -68.3 14 15.1 -53.5 248 89 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13958 -60.0 -78.7 7 18.8 -60.2 251 73 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16442 -67.3 -83.8 8 16.5 -67.4 253 36 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.67 m Freezing level: 635.30 mb = 3870.15 m = 12697.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.02 mb = 3411.45 m = 11192.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.56 mb = 886.90 m = 2909.74 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.71 mb = 2191.82 m = 7190.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.29 mb = 1187.68 m = 3896.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.29 mb = 3181.55 m = 10438.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.29 mb = 10915.42 m = 35811.33 ft B at Equ Level: 811.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.29 mb = 13497.13 m = 44281.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 176.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 14.60 Bulk Shear: 56.15 m/s