MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.57,-92.70 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -92.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 962 362 26.9 15.7 50 11.1 19.3 222 19 303.4 305.6 293.9 338.3 11.76 2 950 469 26.1 15.1 51 11.0 18.7 225 28 303.6 305.8 293.7 337.7 11.44 3 900 943 21.6 13.9 62 7.7 16.5 231 34 303.8 305.8 293.6 337.0 11.18 4 850 1435 16.9 12.7 76 4.2 14.2 236 35 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.5 10.93 5 800 1949 12.5 10.9 90 1.7 11.5 241 32 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.2 10.27 6 750 2488 8.4 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 244 29 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.12 7 700 3055 4.8 2.7 86 2.1 3.7 247 27 307.8 309.0 291.2 328.1 6.65 8 650 3655 0.3 -2.4 82 2.7 -1.0 252 29 309.3 310.2 290.2 324.6 4.92 9 600 4292 -4.5 -5.5 93 1.0 -5.0 246 29 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.3 4.24 10 550 4974 -7.2 -16.6 47 9.5 -10.4 251 37 315.6 315.9 289.3 321.9 1.89 11 500 5709 -12.1 -13.5 89 1.4 -12.6 252 42 318.3 318.9 290.9 327.3 2.71 12 450 6510 -15.6 -16.0 97 0.4 -15.7 235 49 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.9 2.44 13 400 7391 -20.4 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.4 217 56 328.4 328.8 293.0 335.0 1.88 14 350 8366 -27.3 -27.4 99 0.1 -27.3 212 60 332.0 332.2 293.3 336.1 1.15 15 300 9456 -35.7 -35.8 99 0.1 -35.7 209 64 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.3 0.60 16 250 10697 -45.9 -45.9 100 0.0 -45.9 202 70 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12143 -56.9 -57.5 92 0.6 -56.9 219 96 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.08 18 150 13948 -61.0 -78.3 8 17.3 -61.1 254 65 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16430 -67.0 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.1 257 47 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.44 m Freezing level: 647.12 mb = 3692.08 m = 12112.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.04 mb = 3519.05 m = 11545.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.40 mb = 1766.69 m = 5796.17 ft T: 14.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.21 mb = 1999.19 m = 6558.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 39.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.51 mb = 1890.94 m = 6203.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.51 mb = 2154.99 m = 7070.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.51 mb = 9444.32 m = 30984.93 ft B at Equ Level: 621.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.51 mb = 13522.76 m = 44365.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.0 neg: -8.8 tot: 101.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 43.56 Bulk Shear: 14.27 m/s