MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-92.09 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 965 348 21.4 17.5 78 3.9 18.7 169 17 297.5 299.9 293.2 335.5 13.12 2 950 487 20.8 17.1 79 3.7 18.3 171 32 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.2 13.03 3 900 953 16.9 16.0 94 0.9 16.3 175 44 298.9 301.2 293.4 336.2 12.80 4 850 1440 14.7 12.1 85 2.5 13.0 191 53 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.5 10.51 5 800 1952 13.9 0.8 41 13.1 6.9 198 49 306.0 306.9 289.2 321.6 5.09 6 750 2495 12.6 -6.7 25 19.3 3.5 203 39 310.2 310.8 288.8 320.0 3.08 7 700 3069 8.4 -1.4 50 9.9 3.3 203 32 311.8 312.7 290.9 327.2 4.92 8 650 3676 3.0 -2.2 69 5.2 0.4 211 29 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.2 5.02 9 600 4319 -1.7 -10.4 51 8.7 -5.3 215 32 314.1 314.7 289.8 323.4 2.88 10 550 5006 -5.8 -19.8 32 14.0 -10.3 218 40 317.2 317.5 289.4 322.1 1.44 11 500 5746 -10.4 -24.2 31 13.8 -14.2 221 45 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.1 1.08 12 450 6547 -16.7 -20.2 74 3.6 -17.7 225 49 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.1 1.70 13 400 7419 -23.8 -29.2 61 5.4 -24.9 228 51 324.1 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.85 14 350 8382 -30.4 -43.3 27 12.8 -31.8 232 59 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.24 15 300 9456 -39.4 -55.4 17 16.0 -40.2 240 63 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 16 250 10679 -48.2 -57.6 33 9.4 -48.6 250 60 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 17 200 12120 -56.4 -63.0 43 6.6 -56.6 255 77 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 13911 -62.8 -76.7 14 13.8 -63.0 245 54 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16413 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.2 -63.0 254 44 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.09 m Freezing level: 618.12 mb = 4085.73 m = 13404.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.49 mb = 3719.39 m = 12202.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.08 mb = 847.85 m = 2781.61 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1359.78 m = 4461.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 27.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 634.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.02 mb = 1096.00 m = 3595.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.02 mb = 3675.65 m = 12059.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.02 mb = 10942.19 m = 35899.13 ft B at Equ Level: 627.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.02 mb = 13507.93 m = 44316.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.5 neg: -53.1 tot: 341.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 10.76 Bulk Shear: 58.98 m/s