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: 38.57,-90.58 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 182 26.6 18.4 61 8.3 20.9 225 8 301.1 303.6 294.6 341.1 13.61 2 950 495 22.9 16.7 68 6.2 18.7 222 16 300.5 302.8 293.7 337.7 12.70 3 900 964 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.7 220 21 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.6 12.50 4 850 1452 15.3 13.9 92 1.4 14.4 224 27 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.1 11.83 5 800 1966 13.4 9.9 79 3.5 11.2 239 33 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.3 9.62 6 750 2507 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 8.0 240 34 307.2 308.7 292.3 332.2 8.25 7 700 3077 6.0 3.6 85 2.4 4.6 241 38 309.1 310.4 292.0 330.9 7.11 8 650 3680 1.6 -0.5 86 2.1 0.5 243 45 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.4 5.68 9 600 4320 -3.1 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.3 239 50 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.8 4.20 10 550 5004 -7.2 -10.5 78 3.2 -8.5 234 54 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.6 3.13 11 500 5740 -12.4 -16.2 73 3.8 -13.6 237 58 318.0 318.4 290.3 325.1 2.16 12 450 6537 -17.3 -26.6 44 9.3 -19.5 240 58 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.9 0.96 13 400 7410 -23.1 -34.2 35 11.1 -25.0 240 57 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.53 14 350 8372 -30.5 -41.6 33 11.1 -31.8 241 64 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.28 15 300 9450 -38.4 -46.0 45 7.5 -39.0 241 73 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.21 16 250 10677 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 244 84 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12119 -53.7 -67.5 17 13.8 -54.0 254 93 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13939 -60.0 -78.1 8 18.0 -60.2 251 73 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16421 -66.8 -83.8 7 17.1 -66.9 247 40 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.85 m Freezing level: 633.06 mb = 3896.83 m = 12784.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.85 mb = 3743.60 m = 12281.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.03 mb = 1223.59 m = 4014.36 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.22 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1569.82 m = 5150.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 39.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1129.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.25 mb = 1310.06 m = 4298.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.25 mb = 2515.06 m = 8251.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.25 mb = 11236.90 m = 36866.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1112.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.25 mb = 13970.21 m = 45833.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.98 Bulk Shear: 94.32 m/s