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: 38.23,-93.27 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 973 283 21.8 18.1 80 3.7 19.2 213 10 297.2 299.7 293.4 336.4 13.55 2 950 489 19.6 16.9 84 2.7 17.8 215 21 297.1 299.4 292.9 334.4 12.89 3 900 954 17.7 15.8 88 1.9 16.5 232 36 299.8 302.1 293.5 336.8 12.65 4 850 1442 15.8 12.0 78 3.8 13.4 243 31 302.7 304.7 292.7 333.7 10.42 5 800 1956 14.1 7.9 66 6.2 10.3 241 30 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.38 6 750 2499 11.3 -2.0 39 13.4 4.5 240 35 308.9 309.7 289.5 322.5 4.39 7 700 3070 6.5 -5.2 43 11.7 1.0 241 39 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.4 3.71 8 650 3672 1.0 -5.8 61 6.7 -2.1 241 43 310.1 310.8 289.4 322.1 3.83 9 600 4309 -3.6 -15.5 39 11.9 -7.8 235 48 311.9 312.3 288.1 318.2 1.91 10 550 4991 -7.5 -25.9 21 18.4 -12.3 232 56 315.2 315.3 288.1 318.0 0.84 11 500 5726 -12.1 -31.6 18 19.6 -16.3 233 60 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.2 0.54 12 450 6524 -16.8 -34.8 20 17.9 -20.1 237 61 322.1 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.44 13 400 7398 -22.9 -38.0 24 15.1 -25.2 241 62 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.36 14 350 8362 -30.3 -43.4 27 13.1 -31.7 239 69 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.24 15 300 9439 -38.8 -43.7 60 4.9 -39.2 239 76 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.26 16 250 10665 -48.0 -48.0 100 0.0 -48.0 241 90 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.20 17 200 12110 -53.2 -68.8 13 15.6 -53.5 247 86 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13940 -59.4 -78.3 7 18.9 -59.6 249 71 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16431 -66.5 -83.8 7 17.2 -66.7 250 37 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.29 m Freezing level: 639.38 mb = 3807.17 m = 12490.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.64 mb = 3261.81 m = 10701.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.10 mb = 745.22 m = 2444.92 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 1989.15 m = 6526.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 750.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.08 mb = 1067.67 m = 3502.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.08 mb = 3150.42 m = 10335.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.08 mb = 10847.04 m = 35586.98 ft B at Equ Level: 739.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.08 mb = 13029.64 m = 42747.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.4 neg: -11.5 tot: 187.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 10.98 Bulk Shear: 68.35 m/s