MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-92.64 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 973 256 22.7 16.3 67 6.4 18.4 225 10 298.2 300.4 292.6 333.4 12.09 2 950 459 22.5 14.9 62 7.7 17.5 227 20 300.0 302.1 292.5 333.0 11.25 3 900 927 19.2 12.5 65 6.8 14.9 234 29 301.3 303.2 292.0 331.3 10.14 4 850 1417 16.5 9.9 65 6.6 12.4 252 27 303.4 305.1 291.8 330.3 9.02 5 800 1930 12.4 6.8 68 5.7 9.1 261 28 304.4 305.8 291.0 327.7 7.75 6 750 2467 7.7 3.8 76 3.9 5.5 258 29 304.9 306.2 290.3 325.3 6.72 7 700 3032 3.0 -0.6 77 3.7 1.2 257 31 305.9 306.8 289.3 321.8 5.22 8 650 3628 -0.2 -8.7 53 8.5 -3.8 256 34 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.3 3.04 9 600 4266 -3.0 -16.6 34 13.6 -7.7 242 32 312.7 313.0 288.2 318.4 1.74 10 550 4949 -7.5 -17.1 46 9.6 -10.7 234 40 315.2 315.5 289.1 321.2 1.81 11 500 5684 -12.2 -17.8 63 5.6 -14.0 247 47 318.1 318.5 290.1 324.4 1.89 12 450 6482 -16.5 -17.0 96 0.4 -16.7 242 54 322.5 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.25 13 400 7360 -21.4 -21.9 95 0.6 -21.5 226 66 327.2 327.6 292.5 333.0 1.65 14 350 8332 -28.2 -30.0 84 1.8 -28.5 225 77 330.8 330.9 292.8 334.1 0.91 15 300 9418 -36.2 -39.0 75 2.8 -36.5 219 82 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.43 16 250 10656 -46.3 -46.4 99 0.1 -46.3 208 83 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12105 -54.5 -63.6 32 9.0 -54.8 218 70 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 13920 -60.9 -77.9 9 16.9 -61.1 252 68 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16414 -63.2 -84.4 4 21.2 -63.4 265 40 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.54 m Freezing level: 653.59 mb = 3585.64 m = 11763.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.04 mb = 3170.39 m = 10401.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.36 mb = 1067.55 m = 3502.42 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2073.35 m = 6802.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.67 mb = 1611.39 m = 5286.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.67 mb = 2514.51 m = 8249.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.67 mb = 7073.60 m = 23207.07 ft B at Equ Level: 261.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.67 mb = 10243.25 m = 33606.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 7.52 Bulk Shear: 34.94 m/s