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: 38.70,-90.67 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 980 182 25.1 18.7 68 6.4 20.7 235 7 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.0 14.01 2 950 453 23.9 17.1 66 6.8 19.2 222 16 301.4 303.8 294.3 339.7 13.01 3 900 924 19.9 15.6 76 4.3 17.0 216 21 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.8 12.46 4 850 1414 15.8 14.0 89 1.8 14.7 214 23 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.1 11.93 5 800 1927 12.4 11.9 97 0.4 12.1 215 25 304.3 306.4 293.6 337.3 11.04 6 750 2466 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.0 222 26 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.57 7 700 3035 5.7 3.3 85 2.4 4.4 232 28 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.2 6.97 8 650 3637 1.5 -1.3 82 2.7 0.1 237 30 310.6 311.6 291.0 327.4 5.38 9 600 4277 -3.0 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.3 240 34 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.7 4.10 10 550 4960 -6.9 -9.8 80 2.9 -8.1 237 43 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.6 3.30 11 500 5697 -11.2 -15.3 72 4.1 -12.6 238 46 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.2 2.33 12 450 6497 -15.7 -18.2 81 2.5 -16.5 239 52 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.4 2.02 13 400 7375 -21.1 -22.1 92 1.0 -21.3 240 63 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.3 1.63 14 350 8345 -27.9 -28.5 95 0.6 -28.0 237 68 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.9 1.04 15 300 9433 -35.8 -36.3 95 0.5 -35.8 237 78 334.9 335.1 293.6 337.1 0.57 16 250 10675 -45.0 -46.3 87 1.3 -45.1 241 87 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.24 17 200 12127 -56.0 -58.2 76 2.2 -56.1 247 87 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.07 18 150 13927 -61.8 -73.2 21 11.4 -61.9 245 72 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16413 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 251 42 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.64 m Freezing level: 633.45 mb = 3848.89 m = 12627.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.11 mb = 3648.20 m = 11969.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.51 mb = 995.40 m = 3265.69 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 15.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1539.38 m = 5050.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.12 mb = 1342.46 m = 4404.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.12 mb = 1799.67 m = 5904.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.12 mb = 10617.56 m = 34834.09 ft B at Equ Level: 849.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.12 mb = 13838.67 m = 45401.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 22.35 Bulk Shear: 38.24 m/s