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: 37.89,-92.8 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 971 305 22.4 17.8 75 4.5 19.3 206 11 298.0 300.4 293.5 336.8 13.35 2 950 494 20.4 16.6 79 3.8 17.8 211 22 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.5 12.61 3 900 960 18.3 15.3 83 2.9 16.3 230 35 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.3 12.27 4 850 1450 17.1 12.1 73 4.9 13.9 240 35 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.52 5 800 1966 14.4 9.4 72 5.1 11.3 240 33 306.5 308.3 292.9 334.5 9.26 6 750 2509 11.2 1.4 51 9.8 5.9 241 35 308.7 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.65 7 700 3080 6.6 -2.5 52 9.1 2.1 241 36 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.0 4.55 8 650 3683 1.5 -3.7 68 5.2 -1.0 236 41 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.7 4.48 9 600 4322 -3.4 -9.1 65 5.7 -5.8 235 47 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.5 3.21 10 550 5005 -7.2 -17.3 45 10.0 -10.6 234 55 315.5 315.8 289.2 321.5 1.79 11 500 5741 -11.8 -25.6 31 13.9 -15.3 234 56 318.7 318.9 289.3 322.0 0.95 12 450 6540 -16.6 -31.8 26 15.2 -19.7 236 55 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.59 13 400 7415 -22.6 -36.5 27 13.9 -24.8 240 58 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.42 14 350 8380 -29.8 -42.3 29 12.4 -31.2 240 65 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 15 300 9459 -38.4 -44.3 54 5.9 -38.9 242 71 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.25 16 250 10687 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 244 83 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12130 -53.6 -67.5 17 13.9 -53.9 249 89 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13957 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.8 -60.0 252 72 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16442 -67.5 -83.8 8 16.3 -67.6 252 35 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.41 m Freezing level: 634.78 mb = 3877.30 m = 12720.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3476.87 m = 11406.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.38 mb = 879.96 m = 2886.96 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.84 mb = 2159.02 m = 7083.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.65 mb = 1224.46 m = 4017.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.65 mb = 3224.70 m = 10579.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.65 mb = 10748.01 m = 35262.07 ft B at Equ Level: 646.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.65 mb = 12882.52 m = 42264.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.2 neg: -4.9 tot: 186.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 10.21 Bulk Shear: 64.00 m/s