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: 38.77,-90.59 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 981 178 25.5 18.4 65 7.1 20.6 235 6 300.3 302.9 294.4 340.5 13.69 2 950 455 24.3 16.8 63 7.5 19.2 220 15 301.9 304.2 294.2 339.5 12.75 3 900 926 20.2 15.5 74 4.7 17.0 215 20 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.8 12.36 4 850 1417 15.9 14.1 89 1.9 14.7 212 22 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.2 11.95 5 800 1930 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 214 24 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.3 11.06 6 750 2469 9.3 9.0 98 0.4 9.1 220 25 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.8 9.64 7 700 3038 5.6 3.2 85 2.4 4.2 232 28 308.7 310.0 291.7 329.8 6.90 8 650 3640 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 239 30 310.3 311.3 290.8 326.8 5.29 9 600 4279 -3.4 -6.6 79 3.2 -4.8 243 34 312.2 312.9 290.1 324.5 3.90 10 550 4962 -7.4 -10.6 78 3.2 -8.7 240 44 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.4 3.10 11 500 5698 -11.7 -16.6 67 5.0 -13.3 240 48 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.8 2.08 12 450 6497 -16.2 -19.7 75 3.4 -17.3 241 53 322.8 323.2 291.4 328.9 1.79 13 400 7374 -21.8 -22.9 91 1.1 -22.1 242 67 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.0 1.52 14 350 8342 -28.7 -29.2 95 0.6 -28.7 238 72 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.6 0.97 15 300 9428 -36.4 -36.9 95 0.5 -36.5 237 85 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.54 16 250 10668 -45.3 -47.0 83 1.7 -45.4 241 96 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.22 17 200 12119 -55.9 -58.8 69 3.0 -55.9 246 90 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.07 18 150 13926 -60.5 -75.5 12 15.0 -60.7 245 72 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16414 -65.8 -83.7 7 17.8 -66.0 251 42 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.29 m Freezing level: 636.97 mb = 3806.75 m = 12489.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.78 mb = 3618.10 m = 11870.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.49 mb = 1085.05 m = 3559.82 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 15.91 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1597.56 m = 5241.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 987.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.12 mb = 1415.59 m = 4644.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.12 mb = 1875.80 m = 6154.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.12 mb = 10529.98 m = 34546.75 ft B at Equ Level: 987.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.12 mb = 14129.41 m = 46355.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 21.88 Bulk Shear: 45.15 m/s