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: 38.53,-90.74 Latitude: 38.53 Longitude: -90.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 984 187 27.1 18.3 59 8.8 20.9 227 9 301.6 304.1 294.7 341.5 13.55 2 950 494 23.3 16.7 67 6.6 18.8 224 17 300.8 303.2 293.9 338.2 12.71 3 900 963 19.1 15.7 81 3.4 16.8 221 21 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.1 12.57 4 850 1452 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.6 224 26 302.0 304.3 293.8 337.8 12.12 5 800 1965 13.2 10.3 83 2.9 11.4 237 32 305.2 307.1 293.0 334.8 9.88 6 750 2506 9.9 6.2 78 3.7 7.7 239 33 307.3 308.8 292.1 331.5 7.95 7 700 3077 6.0 3.1 82 2.9 4.4 241 38 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.2 6.87 8 650 3680 1.6 -1.0 83 2.6 0.3 243 45 310.7 311.8 291.1 327.8 5.48 9 600 4319 -3.1 -6.1 80 3.0 -4.4 239 50 312.5 313.3 290.4 325.4 4.05 10 550 5003 -7.4 -10.5 78 3.1 -8.6 234 55 315.4 316.0 290.4 325.5 3.14 11 500 5739 -12.4 -16.5 71 4.1 -13.7 237 59 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.0 2.10 12 450 6536 -17.2 -28.1 38 10.9 -19.7 239 58 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.84 13 400 7409 -23.1 -35.4 32 12.2 -25.1 241 58 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.7 0.47 14 350 8372 -30.5 -42.0 32 11.5 -31.8 241 64 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.27 15 300 9449 -38.4 -45.5 47 7.0 -39.0 240 74 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 16 250 10676 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 243 84 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12119 -53.6 -67.6 16 14.0 -53.9 254 93 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13940 -60.1 -78.0 8 17.9 -60.3 250 72 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16421 -67.0 -83.8 8 16.8 -67.1 247 41 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.13 m Freezing level: 633.10 mb = 3895.88 m = 12781.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.29 mb = 3712.96 m = 12181.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.72 mb = 1295.43 m = 4250.05 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1495.12 m = 4905.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 26.64 C K Index: 38.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.33 mb = 1348.88 m = 4425.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.33 mb = 2446.98 m = 8028.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.33 mb = 11067.47 m = 36310.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1199.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.33 mb = 14133.26 m = 46368.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.57 Bulk Shear: 88.62 m/s