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: 37.62,-92.88 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 964 356 28.7 16.9 49 11.8 20.6 227 15 305.0 307.4 295.0 342.9 12.68 2 950 486 26.0 16.3 55 9.7 19.4 227 22 303.6 305.9 294.4 340.4 12.37 3 900 959 21.3 15.4 69 5.9 17.3 226 25 303.5 305.7 294.3 340.0 12.29 4 850 1451 16.8 14.4 85 2.5 15.2 225 26 303.8 306.0 294.3 340.1 12.21 5 800 1966 12.6 12.3 98 0.2 12.4 227 28 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.4 11.33 6 750 2507 11.1 6.0 71 5.1 8.0 233 36 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.5 7.83 7 700 3079 6.8 2.0 71 4.8 4.2 239 40 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.6 6.33 8 650 3683 1.8 -4.8 62 6.6 -1.3 246 44 311.0 311.7 289.9 323.9 4.12 9 600 4323 -3.3 -7.5 72 4.2 -5.1 245 47 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.8 3.62 10 550 5005 -7.9 -11.7 74 3.8 -9.4 233 52 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.9 2.84 11 500 5739 -13.0 -16.9 73 3.9 -14.3 235 57 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.9 2.04 12 450 6534 -17.7 -33.4 24 15.7 -20.7 237 60 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.51 13 400 7405 -23.9 -38.0 26 14.1 -25.9 239 63 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.36 14 350 8365 -30.7 -42.1 32 11.4 -32.0 237 72 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.27 15 300 9444 -37.9 -42.8 60 4.9 -38.4 237 83 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.29 16 250 10673 -48.0 -48.0 99 0.1 -48.0 238 93 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12124 -51.9 -70.1 9 18.3 -52.2 248 95 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 13954 -60.1 -78.2 8 18.1 -60.3 249 70 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16432 -67.9 -83.7 9 15.8 -68.0 250 41 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.06 m Freezing level: 632.56 mb = 3906.00 m = 12814.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.05 mb = 3533.26 m = 11591.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.24 mb = 1836.84 m = 6026.31 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 16.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1805.65 m = 5923.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.86 C Cross Totals Index: 27.41 C K Index: 39.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1495.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.05 mb = 1724.73 m = 5658.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.05 mb = 1880.74 m = 6170.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.05 mb = 2199.04 m = 7214.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.05 mb = 2640.28 m = 8662.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 30.02 Bulk Shear: 49.82 m/s