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: 38.36,-90.59 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 982 204 27.0 18.1 58 8.9 20.8 222 8 301.7 304.2 294.6 341.3 13.44 2 950 496 23.5 16.6 65 6.9 18.8 219 17 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.3 12.64 3 900 965 19.3 15.6 79 3.8 16.8 217 22 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.1 12.44 4 850 1455 15.5 14.1 92 1.3 14.6 222 27 302.3 304.6 293.8 337.9 12.01 5 800 1969 13.3 10.4 82 2.9 11.5 238 32 305.4 307.2 293.1 335.2 9.95 6 750 2509 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 239 33 307.0 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.82 7 700 3079 5.9 4.5 91 1.4 5.1 240 36 309.0 310.5 292.3 332.3 7.59 8 650 3683 1.7 0.3 90 1.4 1.0 242 43 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.7 6.03 9 600 4323 -2.7 -4.5 88 1.7 -3.6 239 47 313.0 313.8 291.0 327.4 4.58 10 550 5008 -6.8 -9.2 83 2.5 -7.8 236 51 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.2 3.46 11 500 5745 -12.2 -14.9 80 2.8 -13.1 237 55 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.2 2.40 12 450 6542 -17.5 -24.9 52 7.4 -19.3 241 56 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.2 1.13 13 400 7415 -22.9 -32.6 41 9.7 -24.6 240 56 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.62 14 350 8379 -30.4 -40.7 36 10.4 -31.6 240 63 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.31 15 300 9457 -38.3 -46.7 41 8.4 -38.9 242 72 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.19 16 250 10685 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.9 244 83 334.9 335.0 293.3 335.7 0.20 17 200 12127 -53.6 -67.4 17 13.8 -53.9 254 93 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 13947 -60.5 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.7 251 74 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16426 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.6 -67.3 249 40 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.94 m Freezing level: 630.63 mb = 3930.93 m = 12896.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.39 mb = 3814.45 m = 12514.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.12 mb = 1323.56 m = 4342.32 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.07 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1675.76 m = 5497.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 40.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1148.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.63 mb = 1398.25 m = 4587.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.63 mb = 2391.51 m = 7846.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.63 mb = 11206.07 m = 36764.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1136.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.63 mb = 13920.58 m = 45670.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 166.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 14.30 Bulk Shear: 80.32 m/s