MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.66,-90.37 Latitude: 38.66 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 986 173 20.2 12.1 60 8.0 15.2 186 8 294.5 296.1 288.9 320.5 9.04 2 950 497 22.1 11.0 49 11.1 15.1 209 30 299.6 301.2 290.3 325.1 8.68 3 900 967 20.7 10.6 52 10.2 14.4 228 33 302.9 304.5 291.6 329.4 8.93 4 850 1458 17.1 10.1 64 6.9 12.7 238 23 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.5 9.18 5 800 1972 13.1 9.0 76 4.1 10.6 255 17 305.1 306.8 292.3 332.3 9.07 6 750 2512 9.2 6.6 84 2.6 7.6 257 18 306.5 308.0 292.0 331.2 8.16 7 700 3082 6.8 -1.1 57 7.9 2.7 248 24 310.0 311.0 290.5 325.7 5.03 8 650 3687 2.7 -7.5 47 10.2 -1.9 247 29 312.0 312.7 289.6 322.7 3.36 9 600 4329 -1.7 -17.3 29 15.6 -7.1 246 34 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.6 1.64 10 550 5015 -5.8 -27.1 17 21.2 -11.4 244 36 317.2 317.3 288.6 319.8 0.75 11 500 5755 -10.7 -30.6 18 19.9 -15.2 240 36 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.60 12 450 6555 -16.6 -33.1 23 16.5 -19.8 241 39 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.52 13 400 7429 -22.7 -35.0 32 12.3 -24.8 250 43 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.3 0.49 14 350 8395 -29.7 -35.7 56 6.0 -30.5 258 46 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.52 15 300 9474 -38.3 -40.3 82 2.0 -38.5 259 47 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.8 0.38 16 250 10700 -48.7 -48.8 98 0.2 -48.7 261 57 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12141 -53.7 -66.5 19 12.8 -54.0 260 72 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13964 -60.6 -79.0 7 18.4 -60.7 262 68 365.7 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16436 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.4 255 31 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.71 m Freezing level: 619.05 mb = 4084.01 m = 13398.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.30 mb = 3435.73 m = 11271.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.71 mb = 1201.84 m = 3942.99 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.72 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.63 mb = 3097.93 m = 10163.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.70 C = 96.25 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 29.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6421.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.58 mb = 1923.87 m = 6311.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.0 neg: -30.6 tot: 186.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 31.69 m/s