MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-93.43 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 975 243 25.0 16.0 57 9.0 18.9 188 19 300.3 302.5 293.0 334.9 11.78 2 950 472 23.8 14.5 56 9.3 17.7 189 33 301.3 303.3 292.7 333.7 10.99 3 900 942 19.4 13.3 68 6.1 15.4 189 41 301.5 303.4 292.6 333.1 10.71 4 850 1431 15.5 12.0 80 3.4 13.3 200 47 302.4 304.3 292.6 333.3 10.45 5 800 1945 14.5 8.3 67 6.1 10.7 217 50 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.7 8.64 6 750 2488 10.9 5.6 70 5.2 7.8 218 48 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.7 7.64 7 700 3060 6.8 3.7 80 3.1 5.1 220 46 310.1 311.4 292.3 332.1 7.15 8 650 3665 2.5 0.8 89 1.7 1.5 223 46 311.8 312.9 292.0 331.2 6.25 9 600 4306 -2.9 -4.2 91 1.3 -3.5 224 45 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.6 4.69 10 550 4990 -7.9 -10.5 82 2.5 -8.9 223 44 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.8 3.14 11 500 5723 -12.8 -14.1 90 1.3 -13.2 223 47 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.0 2.58 12 450 6521 -17.1 -18.2 91 1.1 -17.5 222 45 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.5 2.02 13 400 7392 -24.1 -25.2 90 1.1 -24.3 219 46 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.0 1.24 14 350 8352 -31.0 -32.9 83 1.9 -31.3 212 48 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.4 0.68 15 300 9427 -38.6 -38.9 97 0.3 -38.7 211 46 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.6 0.44 16 250 10651 -49.1 -49.7 94 0.6 -49.1 217 47 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 17 200 12075 -59.7 -60.7 88 1.0 -59.7 228 60 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.05 18 150 13866 -62.5 -76.5 14 14.0 -62.7 233 61 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16385 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.4 -61.9 248 46 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.98 m Freezing level: 626.81 mb = 3962.16 m = 12999.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.69 mb = 3855.73 m = 12649.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.27 mb = 1387.82 m = 4553.15 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.22 mb = 2496.19 m = 8189.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 37.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 513.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.90 mb = 1654.16 m = 5426.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.90 mb = 3752.68 m = 12311.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.90 mb = 10573.74 m = 34690.31 ft B at Equ Level: 511.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.90 mb = 13352.77 m = 43807.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 44.7 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.6 neg: -6.5 tot: 353.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.86 Bulk Shear: 65.29 m/s