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: 38.30,-92.73 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 973 277 26.6 17.8 58 8.8 20.5 230 12 302.2 304.6 294.7 341.5 13.31 2 950 482 23.8 16.9 65 6.9 19.1 229 20 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.3 12.88 3 900 951 19.3 15.9 81 3.3 17.0 227 23 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.0 12.77 4 850 1441 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 226 24 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.9 12.48 5 800 1953 12.3 11.2 93 1.0 11.6 227 28 304.2 306.2 293.2 335.6 10.52 6 750 2494 10.7 5.3 69 5.4 7.5 228 37 308.2 309.5 292.0 330.9 7.45 7 700 3065 6.3 1.4 71 4.9 3.7 230 39 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.1 6.05 8 650 3668 1.0 -3.3 73 4.3 -1.1 235 39 310.1 310.9 290.1 324.5 4.60 9 600 4305 -3.6 -15.7 39 12.1 -7.8 238 45 312.0 312.4 288.1 318.2 1.88 10 550 4987 -8.0 -19.6 39 11.6 -11.5 235 55 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.6 1.47 11 500 5720 -12.9 -25.4 34 12.5 -16.1 235 61 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.6 0.96 12 450 6516 -17.4 -33.6 23 16.2 -20.5 237 62 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.50 13 400 7387 -24.1 -35.8 33 11.7 -25.9 240 64 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.4 0.45 14 350 8346 -31.2 -41.2 37 10.1 -32.3 236 75 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.30 15 300 9421 -38.7 -43.1 63 4.5 -39.1 235 88 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.28 16 250 10648 -48.3 -48.5 98 0.2 -48.3 236 97 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 17 200 12095 -53.0 -70.2 11 17.2 -53.3 245 84 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13926 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.6 -59.3 245 66 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16419 -65.9 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 244 39 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.44 m Freezing level: 639.17 mb = 3805.74 m = 12485.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.52 mb = 3524.88 m = 11564.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.24 mb = 1388.16 m = 4554.27 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.31 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1454.39 m = 4771.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.16 C Cross Totals Index: 27.65 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1451.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.54 mb = 1375.22 m = 4511.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.54 mb = 1626.41 m = 5335.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.54 mb = 2256.80 m = 7404.10 ft B at Equ Level: 6.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.54 mb = 14283.18 m = 46860.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 23.48 Bulk Shear: 61.83 m/s