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: 38.43,-90.6 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -90.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 983 195 26.9 18.3 59 8.6 20.9 225 8 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.4 13.56 2 950 495 23.4 16.7 66 6.7 18.8 220 16 300.9 303.3 293.9 338.2 12.68 3 900 965 19.2 15.6 79 3.7 16.8 218 21 301.3 303.6 293.8 338.0 12.46 4 850 1454 15.4 14.1 92 1.3 14.6 223 27 302.3 304.5 293.8 337.8 12.01 5 800 1968 13.3 10.4 82 2.9 11.4 238 32 305.3 307.2 293.1 335.1 9.93 6 750 2509 9.7 7.4 86 2.2 8.3 240 33 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.4 8.68 7 700 3079 5.9 4.3 89 1.6 5.0 240 37 309.0 310.5 292.2 332.0 7.48 8 650 3682 1.7 0.0 89 1.7 0.8 242 44 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.2 5.90 9 600 4322 -2.9 -5.0 86 2.1 -3.9 239 48 312.7 313.6 290.7 326.7 4.41 10 550 5007 -7.0 -9.8 80 2.8 -8.1 235 52 315.8 316.4 290.7 326.5 3.30 11 500 5743 -12.2 -15.5 76 3.3 -13.3 237 56 318.1 318.6 290.5 325.7 2.28 12 450 6540 -17.3 -25.7 48 8.4 -19.4 240 56 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.1 1.05 13 400 7413 -23.0 -33.3 38 10.3 -24.8 240 57 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.57 14 350 8377 -30.4 -41.2 34 10.7 -31.7 241 63 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.8 0.30 15 300 9454 -38.3 -46.4 42 8.1 -38.9 241 73 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.20 16 250 10682 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.9 244 83 334.9 335.0 293.3 335.7 0.20 17 200 12125 -53.6 -67.5 17 13.8 -53.9 254 93 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 13944 -60.3 -78.0 8 17.7 -60.5 251 73 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16424 -67.0 -83.8 8 16.8 -67.1 248 40 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.22 m Freezing level: 631.73 mb = 3915.97 m = 12847.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.61 mb = 3785.86 m = 12420.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.11 mb = 1283.42 m = 4210.66 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1639.11 m = 5377.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.36 C K Index: 40.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1166.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.12 mb = 1372.70 m = 4503.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.12 mb = 2473.86 m = 8116.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.12 mb = 11133.83 m = 36527.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1158.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.12 mb = 14231.62 m = 46691.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 13.40 Bulk Shear: 87.00 m/s