MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.7,-94.45 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 973 281 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.5 182 18 294.9 297.1 291.7 329.9 12.21 2 950 489 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.8 185 35 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.7 11.76 3 900 955 19.5 12.0 62 7.5 14.7 204 54 301.6 303.4 291.9 330.7 9.84 4 850 1447 18.9 10.0 56 8.9 13.3 217 53 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.09 5 800 1966 15.9 8.3 61 7.6 11.2 225 46 308.1 309.7 292.9 334.4 8.64 6 750 2511 12.7 1.4 46 11.2 6.5 226 37 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.67 7 700 3085 7.6 -3.2 46 10.8 2.2 228 35 310.9 311.7 290.1 324.4 4.30 8 650 3690 2.7 -7.8 46 10.5 -1.9 229 33 312.1 312.7 289.5 322.5 3.27 9 600 4332 -1.6 -14.2 38 12.6 -6.4 221 31 314.2 314.6 289.1 321.2 2.12 10 550 5018 -6.4 -19.3 35 12.9 -10.5 222 32 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.6 1.51 11 500 5756 -11.3 -27.4 25 16.1 -15.2 232 35 319.3 319.5 289.4 322.2 0.81 12 450 6555 -17.0 -32.2 26 15.1 -20.0 242 39 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.57 13 400 7427 -23.8 -35.9 32 12.1 -25.7 247 39 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.45 14 350 8388 -30.9 -34.8 68 3.9 -31.4 234 26 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.57 15 300 9462 -39.6 -41.5 82 1.9 -39.8 215 27 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.34 16 250 10681 -49.7 -51.3 83 1.6 -49.8 213 30 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.14 17 200 12106 -58.9 -63.8 53 4.9 -59.0 248 50 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.04 18 150 13886 -62.6 -75.3 17 12.7 -62.7 257 66 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16387 -63.1 -83.9 4 20.7 -63.3 252 44 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.29 m Freezing level: 618.65 mb = 4092.73 m = 13427.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.00 mb = 3406.23 m = 11175.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.38 mb = 659.72 m = 2164.41 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2811.27 m = 9223.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.09 C = 95.16 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 427.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.60 mb = 1471.59 m = 4827.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.60 mb = 4839.75 m = 15878.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.60 mb = 9401.59 m = 30844.75 ft B at Equ Level: 128.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.60 mb = 11422.03 m = 37473.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 469.0 neg: -28.8 tot: 440.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 51.71 m/s