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,-92.99 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 968 295 26.4 17.0 56 9.5 19.9 262 10 302.4 304.7 294.3 339.8 12.66 2 950 457 24.6 16.0 59 8.6 18.8 259 18 302.1 304.4 293.8 337.9 12.12 3 900 928 20.4 14.3 68 6.1 16.4 254 24 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.5 11.46 4 850 1419 16.2 12.6 80 3.5 13.9 249 27 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.4 10.88 5 800 1932 12.2 9.6 84 2.6 10.6 241 29 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.4 9.45 6 750 2471 9.7 1.6 57 8.1 5.3 241 28 307.1 308.2 290.2 324.6 5.72 7 700 3040 5.7 -5.2 45 11.0 0.6 244 31 308.8 309.5 288.9 320.4 3.70 8 650 3641 0.8 -8.8 49 9.6 -3.3 246 34 309.8 310.4 288.5 319.4 3.01 9 600 4278 -3.7 -16.1 38 12.4 -8.0 248 42 311.8 312.2 288.0 317.7 1.81 10 550 4959 -7.8 -23.6 27 15.8 -12.2 248 47 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.4 1.04 11 500 5694 -12.3 -21.7 45 9.4 -15.0 243 54 318.1 318.3 289.6 322.7 1.35 12 450 6491 -17.0 -18.8 86 1.8 -17.6 237 64 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.4 1.92 13 400 7369 -21.1 -21.7 95 0.6 -21.3 225 87 327.5 327.9 292.6 333.4 1.69 14 350 8341 -28.5 -29.2 94 0.7 -28.6 215 89 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.9 0.98 15 300 9424 -37.9 -38.4 95 0.5 -38.0 218 90 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.46 16 250 10649 -49.3 -49.4 100 0.0 -49.3 225 93 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12100 -51.0 -74.9 4 23.9 -51.4 237 72 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13936 -59.4 -78.6 7 19.2 -59.6 240 63 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16417 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 255 51 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.54 m Freezing level: 641.47 mb = 3749.47 m = 12301.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.29 mb = 3129.82 m = 10268.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.72 mb = 1491.85 m = 4894.47 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 22.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.45 mb = 1822.18 m = 5978.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 30.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.72 mb = 1643.75 m = 5392.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.72 mb = 2663.29 m = 8737.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.72 mb = 11114.74 m = 36465.24 ft B at Equ Level: 852.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.72 mb = 13416.43 m = 44016.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 62.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 17.91 Bulk Shear: 48.62 m/s