MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.72,-94.85 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 969 295 21.9 15.7 68 6.3 17.8 182 20 297.7 299.9 292.1 331.5 11.62 2 950 467 20.2 14.6 70 5.7 16.5 186 34 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.8 11.03 3 900 931 16.9 12.9 77 4.0 14.3 195 46 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.4 10.43 4 850 1421 18.8 8.8 52 10.0 12.6 217 51 305.8 307.4 292.0 331.0 8.36 5 800 1940 17.2 0.2 32 17.0 8.0 216 47 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.5 4.85 6 750 2486 13.1 -2.7 33 15.7 5.1 213 46 310.8 311.5 289.9 323.9 4.19 7 700 3060 7.9 -4.2 42 12.1 2.0 211 46 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.8 3.99 8 650 3665 2.4 -7.8 47 10.3 -2.1 212 44 311.7 312.3 289.4 322.1 3.26 9 600 4306 -1.6 -22.7 18 21.1 -7.9 217 40 314.3 314.5 288.0 317.8 1.03 10 550 4993 -5.7 -35.3 8 29.6 -12.1 220 37 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.5 0.34 11 500 5732 -11.0 -38.2 9 27.2 -16.0 223 38 319.6 319.7 288.9 320.7 0.28 12 450 6531 -17.4 -40.2 12 22.8 -20.9 228 39 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.26 13 400 7401 -24.5 -41.2 20 16.7 -26.6 228 41 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.26 14 350 8358 -31.7 -42.9 32 11.2 -32.8 225 37 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.25 15 300 9430 -40.0 -50.4 32 10.5 -40.6 216 37 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.13 16 250 10649 -49.1 -60.0 27 10.9 -49.4 220 35 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.05 17 200 12073 -60.2 -61.5 85 1.3 -60.2 247 49 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13859 -61.7 -77.3 11 15.6 -61.9 248 57 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16372 -62.2 -84.0 4 21.8 -62.4 248 47 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.20 m Freezing level: 619.61 mb = 4054.96 m = 13303.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.84 mb = 3346.88 m = 10980.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.51 mb = 1089.41 m = 3574.14 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.24 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 2871.93 m = 9422.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.15 C = 95.26 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 26.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 506.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.69 mb = 1444.08 m = 4737.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 482.69 mb = 5999.53 m = 19683.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.69 mb = 9141.81 m = 29992.46 ft B at Equ Level: 104.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.69 mb = 10838.62 m = 35559.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 355.5 neg: -42.4 tot: 313.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 43.92 m/s