MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.05,-90.39 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -90.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 978 221 25.1 19.3 70 5.9 21.1 207 14 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.52 2 950 478 23.4 17.2 68 6.1 19.2 210 29 300.9 303.3 294.2 339.5 13.14 3 900 947 19.3 15.6 79 3.6 16.8 213 33 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.2 12.52 4 850 1437 15.6 13.9 90 1.7 14.5 214 33 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.5 11.83 5 800 1950 12.7 11.7 94 1.0 12.1 216 33 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.89 6 750 2490 9.5 8.5 94 1.0 8.9 224 30 306.9 308.6 293.1 335.1 9.35 7 700 3060 5.7 4.3 90 1.5 4.9 238 28 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.6 7.44 8 650 3663 1.2 -0.3 89 1.6 0.4 253 28 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.3 5.76 9 600 4302 -3.0 -4.0 92 1.1 -3.5 259 31 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.6 4.73 10 550 4987 -6.5 -8.6 85 2.1 -7.4 250 32 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.1 3.63 11 500 5726 -10.9 -12.3 89 1.4 -11.4 248 39 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.6 2.97 12 450 6528 -16.0 -16.3 97 0.4 -16.1 242 45 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.2 2.38 13 400 7405 -21.9 -22.3 96 0.4 -22.0 237 55 326.5 326.9 292.3 332.1 1.60 14 350 8376 -28.1 -28.5 96 0.4 -28.2 225 50 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.6 1.04 15 300 9463 -36.7 -37.0 97 0.3 -36.8 229 60 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.6 0.53 16 250 10696 -47.0 -47.2 98 0.2 -47.0 240 78 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.22 17 200 12144 -55.2 -61.2 47 6.0 -55.4 251 75 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 13963 -60.2 -78.3 8 18.1 -60.4 246 71 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16443 -67.6 -83.8 8 16.2 -67.7 250 44 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.56 m Freezing level: 635.24 mb = 3851.46 m = 12635.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3730.25 m = 12238.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.22 mb = 964.36 m = 3163.87 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1503.40 m = 4932.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 38.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 961.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.14 mb = 1295.69 m = 4250.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.14 mb = 1959.20 m = 6427.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.14 mb = 11261.72 m = 36947.44 ft B at Equ Level: 952.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.14 mb = 13998.08 m = 45924.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 35.50 Bulk Shear: 27.08 m/s