MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.22,-92.09 Latitude: 37.22 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 50 SFC 964 374 27.2 17.5 55 9.8 20.5 206 12 303.6 306.0 295.0 342.7 13.16 2 950 498 25.0 16.8 60 8.2 19.4 209 20 302.6 304.9 294.4 340.3 12.76 3 900 969 20.3 15.8 75 4.6 17.2 212 25 302.5 304.8 294.3 339.8 12.62 4 850 1460 16.0 14.7 92 1.3 15.1 218 25 302.9 305.2 294.3 339.7 12.43 5 800 1974 13.7 11.3 85 2.4 12.1 230 28 305.7 307.7 293.7 337.5 10.56 6 750 2517 11.3 6.4 72 4.9 8.3 238 29 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.4 8.04 7 700 3090 7.3 0.2 61 7.1 3.5 248 32 310.5 311.6 291.1 327.8 5.56 8 650 3694 1.6 -2.7 73 4.3 -0.5 254 36 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.9 4.84 9 600 4334 -2.6 -4.0 90 1.4 -3.3 242 36 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.1 4.76 10 550 5020 -6.8 -7.5 95 0.7 -7.1 234 41 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.7 3.96 11 500 5756 -12.4 -14.1 87 1.8 -13.0 235 48 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.56 12 450 6553 -17.7 -23.1 62 5.4 -19.1 238 53 321.0 321.3 290.5 325.6 1.32 13 400 7425 -23.1 -34.8 34 11.7 -25.0 235 58 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.50 14 350 8390 -29.9 -43.4 26 13.5 -31.3 239 67 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.23 15 300 9470 -37.6 -47.6 34 10.0 -38.4 240 77 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.17 16 250 10700 -47.7 -47.7 100 0.0 -47.7 242 84 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12149 -52.2 -69.2 11 17.1 -52.5 248 93 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13978 -60.7 -79.0 7 18.3 -60.9 253 71 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16447 -68.4 -83.7 9 15.4 -68.5 254 39 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.06 m Freezing level: 630.83 mb = 3939.66 m = 12925.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3615.94 m = 11863.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.91 mb = 1601.94 m = 5255.64 ft T: 15.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 16.75 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1849.08 m = 6066.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.37 C Cross Totals Index: 27.05 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1309.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.49 mb = 1555.61 m = 5103.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.49 mb = 2908.41 m = 9541.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.49 mb = 11370.19 m = 37303.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1289.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.49 mb = 14164.17 m = 46469.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 28.75 Bulk Shear: 45.55 m/s