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: 37.87,-94.62 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -94.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 974 272 22.6 18.7 78 4.0 19.9 212 14 298.1 300.6 294.0 338.8 14.03 2 950 485 20.1 17.8 86 2.4 18.5 213 23 297.6 300.1 293.6 337.0 13.58 3 900 950 16.9 15.8 93 1.2 16.2 225 30 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.8 12.62 4 850 1438 15.7 11.5 76 4.2 13.0 243 26 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.4 10.06 5 800 1952 14.4 5.9 57 8.5 9.4 238 24 306.5 307.9 291.3 328.7 7.31 6 750 2494 11.6 -4.7 32 16.3 3.7 237 29 309.2 309.9 288.9 320.5 3.60 7 700 3066 6.4 -3.8 48 10.2 1.5 238 36 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.6 4.13 8 650 3667 0.7 -4.2 70 4.8 -1.6 240 42 309.7 310.5 289.8 323.2 4.33 9 600 4304 -3.4 -18.4 30 15.1 -8.3 241 46 312.2 312.5 287.8 317.2 1.49 10 550 4988 -7.1 -27.1 19 20.0 -12.2 234 52 315.6 315.8 288.2 318.2 0.75 11 500 5723 -12.3 -31.3 19 19.0 -16.4 229 59 318.0 318.1 288.7 320.0 0.56 12 450 6519 -17.6 -33.8 23 16.2 -20.6 233 62 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.8 0.49 13 400 7390 -23.7 -36.9 29 13.2 -25.7 241 64 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.40 14 350 8351 -30.8 -42.5 31 11.7 -32.1 239 73 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.26 15 300 9427 -38.7 -43.4 61 4.7 -39.1 238 83 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 16 250 10654 -48.2 -49.0 91 0.9 -48.2 238 94 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.18 17 200 12108 -52.1 -70.8 9 18.7 -52.4 247 79 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13941 -59.2 -78.4 7 19.2 -59.4 247 67 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16429 -66.2 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.3 260 40 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.15 m Freezing level: 641.79 mb = 3771.97 m = 12375.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.10 mb = 3347.74 m = 10983.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.48 mb = 775.36 m = 2543.79 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 18.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 1972.20 m = 6470.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 919.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.35 mb = 1003.77 m = 3293.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.35 mb = 3073.13 m = 10082.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.35 mb = 10937.32 m = 35883.17 ft B at Equ Level: 904.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.35 mb = 13167.80 m = 43200.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.8 neg: -14.2 tot: 135.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 17.59 Bulk Shear: 52.26 m/s