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,-90.83 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -90.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 978 215 24.9 19.1 70 5.8 20.9 218 9 300.0 302.7 294.8 342.2 14.42 2 950 466 23.9 17.1 66 6.8 19.2 215 21 301.4 303.8 294.3 339.7 13.01 3 900 936 19.7 15.5 76 4.2 16.9 215 26 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.4 12.40 4 850 1426 15.9 13.8 87 2.1 14.5 218 26 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.6 11.75 5 800 1940 12.9 11.7 92 1.2 12.1 220 25 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.3 10.83 6 750 2480 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 8.9 230 25 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.3 9.27 7 700 3050 6.1 4.2 88 1.9 5.0 243 28 309.2 310.6 292.2 331.9 7.41 8 650 3654 2.1 0.3 88 1.8 1.2 250 32 311.4 312.5 291.7 330.2 6.05 9 600 4296 -2.2 -3.7 90 1.5 -2.9 251 38 313.6 314.5 291.4 328.9 4.86 10 550 4982 -6.7 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.4 247 42 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.1 3.72 11 500 5719 -11.4 -14.5 78 3.1 -12.5 247 49 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.4 2.49 12 450 6520 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.2 -17.0 244 55 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.98 13 400 7396 -21.9 -22.8 93 0.9 -22.2 235 62 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.8 1.53 14 350 8366 -28.6 -29.4 93 0.8 -28.7 230 63 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.96 15 300 9450 -37.1 -37.2 99 0.1 -37.1 234 76 333.0 333.1 293.0 335.0 0.52 16 250 10684 -45.9 -46.3 96 0.4 -45.9 238 91 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.24 17 200 12134 -56.6 -59.3 71 2.7 -56.6 244 75 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 13948 -59.4 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.6 249 69 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16431 -66.3 -83.8 7 17.5 -66.4 250 45 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.77 m Freezing level: 625.54 mb = 3967.95 m = 13018.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.47 mb = 3835.18 m = 12582.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.34 mb = 951.74 m = 3122.48 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 14.83 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1599.38 m = 5247.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 39.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 956.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.16 mb = 1354.36 m = 4443.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.16 mb = 2128.65 m = 6983.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.16 mb = 10891.28 m = 35732.12 ft B at Equ Level: 956.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.16 mb = 13857.60 m = 45464.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 122.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 22.71 Bulk Shear: 42.14 m/s