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: 38.16,-91.78 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 974 270 27.6 17.7 55 9.9 20.7 222 11 303.0 305.4 294.8 342.0 13.18 2 950 491 24.3 16.8 63 7.4 19.2 223 20 301.8 304.2 294.2 339.5 12.79 3 900 961 19.7 15.9 79 3.8 17.2 224 23 301.9 304.2 294.2 339.5 12.75 4 850 1451 15.4 14.8 96 0.6 15.0 225 23 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.3 12.52 5 800 1964 12.7 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 231 28 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.5 10.63 6 750 2505 10.7 4.8 67 5.9 7.3 236 34 308.2 309.6 291.8 330.3 7.21 7 700 3077 6.7 0.0 62 6.7 3.2 239 39 309.9 310.9 290.8 326.9 5.48 8 650 3680 1.7 -4.4 64 6.1 -1.2 243 43 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.3 4.26 9 600 4320 -3.0 -9.8 59 6.8 -5.8 238 48 312.7 313.3 289.5 322.4 3.04 10 550 5003 -7.9 -9.9 86 2.0 -8.7 233 54 314.7 315.4 290.4 325.3 3.29 11 500 5737 -12.9 -17.6 68 4.7 -14.4 236 59 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.8 1.92 12 450 6532 -17.9 -32.6 26 14.8 -20.7 237 59 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.55 13 400 7403 -23.6 -37.9 25 14.4 -25.7 240 61 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.36 14 350 8365 -30.6 -42.5 30 11.9 -31.9 240 70 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.26 15 300 9443 -38.2 -43.3 59 5.1 -38.7 240 80 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.28 16 250 10672 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 241 90 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12121 -52.5 -69.1 12 16.6 -52.8 251 93 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13945 -60.2 -78.2 8 18.0 -60.4 249 70 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16425 -68.2 -83.6 9 15.4 -68.3 245 41 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.13 m Freezing level: 631.75 mb = 3913.71 m = 12840.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.29 mb = 3515.52 m = 11533.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.63 mb = 1514.86 m = 4969.95 ft T: 15.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1535.26 m = 5036.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.11 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 27.63 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1401.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.96 mb = 1451.70 m = 4762.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.96 mb = 1807.35 m = 5929.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.96 mb = 2123.26 m = 6965.99 ft B at Equ Level: 3.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.96 mb = 2561.31 m = 8403.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 20.78 Bulk Shear: 67.42 m/s