MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.82,-92.56 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 969 316 28.3 17.0 50 11.4 20.5 223 13 304.3 306.6 294.8 342.0 12.65 2 950 485 25.7 16.2 56 9.5 19.2 224 21 303.3 305.6 294.3 339.8 12.31 3 900 957 21.0 15.2 69 5.8 17.1 223 24 303.2 305.4 294.1 339.3 12.19 4 850 1449 16.4 14.3 87 2.1 15.0 223 25 303.4 305.6 294.1 339.4 12.14 5 800 1963 12.7 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 222 27 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.0 11.49 6 750 2503 10.1 7.1 82 3.0 8.3 229 35 307.5 309.1 292.6 333.3 8.46 7 700 3075 6.5 2.7 77 3.8 4.4 234 39 309.6 310.9 291.7 330.1 6.65 8 650 3678 1.5 -3.6 69 5.1 -1.0 240 41 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.7 4.49 9 600 4317 -3.0 -12.4 48 9.4 -6.6 238 47 312.7 313.2 288.9 320.7 2.46 10 550 5000 -7.6 -14.0 60 6.4 -9.9 234 55 315.1 315.5 289.6 322.8 2.36 11 500 5735 -12.4 -23.2 40 10.7 -15.3 235 57 317.9 318.1 289.3 321.9 1.18 12 450 6531 -17.4 -34.2 22 16.7 -20.5 238 57 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.0 0.47 13 400 7402 -23.6 -37.6 27 14.0 -25.7 238 62 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.38 14 350 8364 -30.8 -41.6 34 10.9 -32.0 236 72 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 15 300 9442 -38.0 -42.7 62 4.6 -38.4 236 84 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.30 16 250 10670 -48.1 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.1 238 93 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.20 17 200 12116 -53.1 -69.8 11 16.7 -53.4 245 88 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13946 -59.4 -78.5 7 19.1 -59.6 244 68 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16431 -67.1 -83.7 8 16.6 -67.2 245 38 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.80 m Freezing level: 633.55 mb = 3887.87 m = 12755.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.38 mb = 3560.96 m = 11682.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.66 mb = 1746.83 m = 5730.98 ft T: 14.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1809.12 m = 5935.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 26.74 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1393.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.90 mb = 1692.82 m = 5553.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.90 mb = 1953.37 m = 6408.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.90 mb = 11184.76 m = 36694.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.90 mb = 14329.77 m = 47013.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 24.85 Bulk Shear: 56.05 m/s