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: 38.36,-90.41 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -90.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 981 192 25.4 19.4 69 6.0 21.2 208 10 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.9 14.57 2 950 472 24.1 17.1 65 7.1 19.3 212 24 301.7 304.1 294.3 340.0 13.00 3 900 943 20.0 15.6 76 4.4 17.1 216 29 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.0 12.50 4 850 1434 15.9 14.0 89 1.8 14.7 219 30 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.2 11.94 5 800 1947 12.7 12.1 96 0.6 12.3 221 30 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.1 11.18 6 750 2488 9.7 9.1 96 0.6 9.3 228 30 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.4 9.70 7 700 3057 5.7 4.0 89 1.7 4.7 240 31 308.8 310.1 292.0 331.1 7.28 8 650 3660 1.3 -0.8 86 2.1 0.3 251 33 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.7 5.57 9 600 4300 -3.0 -5.1 85 2.1 -3.9 257 37 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.5 4.38 10 550 4984 -6.8 -9.0 84 2.2 -7.8 247 39 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.3 3.51 11 500 5722 -10.9 -15.1 71 4.2 -12.4 249 45 319.7 320.2 291.0 327.6 2.37 12 450 6524 -16.0 -17.5 88 1.5 -16.4 245 51 323.2 323.6 291.9 330.5 2.16 13 400 7401 -21.7 -23.0 89 1.3 -22.1 237 57 326.8 327.1 292.3 332.0 1.50 14 350 8371 -28.3 -30.2 84 1.9 -28.6 233 63 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.8 0.89 15 300 9457 -37.1 -37.1 99 0.1 -37.1 237 72 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.1 0.53 16 250 10690 -46.5 -46.5 99 0.0 -46.5 243 88 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12139 -56.6 -59.2 72 2.6 -56.6 248 69 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.07 18 150 13952 -59.6 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.8 248 69 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16434 -66.8 -83.7 7 16.9 -66.9 249 46 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.85 m Freezing level: 634.72 mb = 3855.37 m = 12648.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.97 mb = 3697.24 m = 12129.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.52 mb = 957.21 m = 3140.41 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 16.31 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1559.15 m = 5115.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 39.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1074.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.64 mb = 1366.95 m = 4484.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.64 mb = 1929.76 m = 6331.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.64 mb = 11471.97 m = 37637.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1065.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.64 mb = 14303.07 m = 46925.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 25.22 Bulk Shear: 42.60 m/s