MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 38.07,-92.57 Latitude: 38.07 Longitude: -92.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 973 280 26.0 17.3 59 8.7 20.1 234 17 301.5 303.9 294.2 339.5 12.88 2 950 491 24.1 16.2 61 7.9 18.7 237 31 301.6 303.9 293.8 337.8 12.27 3 900 961 19.6 14.9 74 4.7 16.4 239 39 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.90 4 850 1450 15.0 13.2 89 1.8 13.8 241 43 301.9 304.0 293.1 335.2 11.29 5 800 1961 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 245 45 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.2 9.44 6 750 2498 8.5 6.1 85 2.4 7.1 239 39 305.8 307.2 291.6 329.6 7.90 7 700 3069 8.4 -8.2 30 16.5 0.9 237 46 311.7 312.3 289.1 321.2 2.95 8 650 3676 3.5 -4.5 56 8.0 -0.3 239 51 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.3 4.22 9 600 4320 -1.9 -4.6 82 2.6 -3.2 243 54 313.9 314.8 291.2 328.3 4.55 10 550 5005 -7.2 -9.1 87 1.9 -8.0 243 54 315.5 316.2 290.8 326.7 3.49 11 500 5741 -12.1 -21.7 45 9.6 -14.9 243 52 318.3 318.5 289.6 322.8 1.35 12 450 6538 -17.4 -27.5 41 10.1 -19.7 241 48 321.4 321.6 290.1 324.5 0.89 13 400 7410 -23.4 -26.5 76 3.1 -24.1 238 58 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.4 1.09 14 350 8373 -30.2 -30.3 99 0.1 -30.2 240 69 328.1 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.88 15 300 9451 -38.3 -38.3 100 0.0 -38.3 238 73 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.1 0.47 16 250 10678 -48.6 -48.7 100 0.0 -48.7 236 83 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12111 -57.9 -61.2 66 3.3 -58.0 243 92 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 13919 -58.7 -79.8 5 21.1 -58.9 253 57 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16408 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.2 -65.5 259 37 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.28 m Freezing level: 617.75 mb = 4091.30 m = 13422.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.48 mb = 3508.16 m = 11509.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.79 mb = 1382.24 m = 4534.85 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.29 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1588.92 m = 5212.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.33 C K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 953.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.25 mb = 1517.53 m = 4978.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.25 mb = 1668.78 m = 5474.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.25 mb = 2856.46 m = 9371.46 ft B at Equ Level: 26.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.25 mb = 13991.21 m = 45902.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 46.5 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.7 neg: -36.2 tot: 158.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 24.37 Bulk Shear: 39.12 m/s