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: 39.51,-90.51 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -90.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 982 174 23.4 18.3 73 5.2 19.9 247 8 298.1 300.6 293.7 337.5 13.57 2 950 461 22.0 16.9 73 5.1 18.5 241 15 299.5 301.9 293.6 337.0 12.83 3 900 929 19.0 15.1 78 3.9 16.4 229 23 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.7 12.10 4 850 1418 15.3 13.2 87 2.1 13.9 227 27 302.2 304.2 293.2 335.5 11.26 5 800 1930 11.8 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 227 29 303.7 305.7 293.0 334.9 10.47 6 750 2469 9.1 7.5 89 1.7 8.2 233 32 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.8 8.69 7 700 3038 5.3 3.9 91 1.4 4.5 237 34 308.4 309.7 291.9 330.5 7.25 8 650 3639 1.0 0.6 97 0.4 0.8 238 35 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.17 9 600 4278 -3.5 -3.7 98 0.2 -3.6 238 38 312.1 313.0 291.0 327.4 4.85 10 550 4960 -8.7 -8.9 98 0.2 -8.8 238 44 313.8 314.4 290.3 325.1 3.55 11 500 5691 -13.6 -14.0 96 0.5 -13.7 242 57 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.0 2.58 12 450 6486 -17.5 -19.1 88 1.5 -18.0 238 62 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.88 13 400 7358 -22.9 -23.5 95 0.5 -23.1 238 75 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.2 1.44 14 350 8324 -29.3 -29.4 99 0.1 -29.3 243 92 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9406 -37.4 -38.4 91 0.9 -37.5 233 94 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.4 0.46 16 250 10637 -47.2 -50.6 68 3.4 -47.4 239 116 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12078 -55.2 -64.2 32 9.0 -55.4 239 69 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13911 -58.5 -78.9 6 20.4 -58.7 248 68 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16411 -65.7 -83.6 6 18.0 -65.8 247 47 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.90 m Freezing level: 638.75 mb = 3783.06 m = 12411.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.11 mb = 3749.20 m = 12300.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.50 mb = 828.95 m = 2719.63 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1504.19 m = 4934.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 40.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.88 mb = 1210.80 m = 3972.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.88 mb = 1868.59 m = 6130.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.88 mb = 10744.15 m = 35249.39 ft B at Equ Level: 933.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.88 mb = 13666.47 m = 44836.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 14.83 Bulk Shear: 63.20 m/s