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: 37.89,-92.10 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -92.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 967 305 24.9 18.2 66 6.7 20.2 211 9 300.9 303.4 294.6 341.1 13.69 2 950 459 24.8 16.5 60 8.3 19.2 215 20 302.3 304.7 294.1 339.4 12.54 3 900 932 21.7 14.3 63 7.4 16.8 233 26 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.0 11.48 4 850 1425 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.4 241 30 304.6 306.6 293.6 337.0 10.84 5 800 1941 13.1 10.3 83 2.9 11.3 244 32 305.2 307.0 293.0 334.7 9.87 6 750 2480 8.3 7.6 95 0.8 7.9 243 34 305.6 307.2 292.3 332.0 8.75 7 700 3047 4.8 3.1 89 1.6 3.9 244 34 307.8 309.1 291.3 328.7 6.87 8 650 3648 0.8 -3.9 71 4.7 -1.4 251 37 309.9 310.7 289.9 323.7 4.41 9 600 4286 -3.6 -5.5 86 1.9 -4.5 250 40 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.3 4.22 10 550 4969 -6.5 -16.6 44 10.1 -9.9 250 42 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.7 1.90 11 500 5708 -10.9 -14.3 76 3.4 -12.1 248 47 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.52 12 450 6510 -15.4 -16.5 91 1.2 -15.7 233 48 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.8 2.34 13 400 7390 -20.8 -21.9 91 1.0 -21.1 221 48 327.9 328.2 292.7 333.7 1.66 14 350 8363 -28.1 -28.4 97 0.3 -28.2 220 57 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.7 1.05 15 300 9450 -36.4 -36.6 98 0.2 -36.4 221 68 334.1 334.2 293.3 336.1 0.55 16 250 10687 -46.2 -46.3 99 0.1 -46.2 212 71 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 12136 -55.9 -60.7 54 4.9 -56.0 234 100 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 13949 -60.5 -78.2 8 17.7 -60.7 253 64 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16434 -66.6 -83.6 7 17.0 -66.7 256 46 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.50 m Freezing level: 640.92 mb = 3763.55 m = 12347.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.55 mb = 3480.46 m = 11418.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.89 mb = 1156.61 m = 3794.62 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 17.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 1944.71 m = 6380.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.46 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 39.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.21 mb = 1707.87 m = 5603.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.21 mb = 2182.05 m = 7158.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.21 mb = 10759.52 m = 35299.84 ft B at Equ Level: 819.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.21 mb = 13652.71 m = 44791.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 15.80 Bulk Shear: 51.91 m/s