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: 38.53,-89.69 Latitude: 38.53 Longitude: -89.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 146 22.9 19.9 83 3.0 20.8 199 7 297.2 299.9 294.4 340.4 14.95 2 950 477 23.2 16.9 68 6.3 18.9 210 21 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.5 12.88 3 900 947 19.8 15.2 75 4.5 16.7 215 28 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.8 12.17 4 850 1438 15.8 13.6 87 2.2 14.3 218 31 302.7 304.8 293.6 337.0 11.57 5 800 1951 12.4 11.6 94 0.9 11.9 221 34 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.5 10.76 6 750 2490 9.2 8.1 93 1.1 8.5 229 35 306.5 308.2 292.8 334.0 9.08 7 700 3059 5.7 4.2 91 1.4 4.8 239 35 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.5 7.43 8 650 3662 1.4 -0.9 85 2.3 0.3 248 38 310.6 311.6 291.1 327.8 5.53 9 600 4302 -2.6 -5.0 83 2.4 -3.7 256 43 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.1 4.40 10 550 4988 -5.9 -10.8 68 4.9 -7.9 245 45 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.1 3.05 11 500 5729 -10.4 -18.1 53 7.8 -12.9 246 48 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.83 12 450 6532 -15.7 -21.1 63 5.4 -17.2 245 49 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.0 1.58 13 400 7410 -21.4 -27.0 61 5.6 -22.7 241 52 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.8 1.04 14 350 8381 -28.3 -32.9 64 4.7 -29.0 243 66 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.1 0.68 15 300 9466 -37.0 -37.6 94 0.6 -37.1 246 75 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.1 0.50 16 250 10700 -46.6 -47.5 90 0.9 -46.6 247 85 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.21 17 200 12146 -57.0 -58.5 83 1.5 -57.1 252 67 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.07 18 150 13951 -60.2 -78.2 8 18.0 -60.4 247 69 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16432 -66.7 -83.8 7 17.1 -66.8 251 44 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.46 m Freezing level: 632.20 mb = 3889.83 m = 12761.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.81 mb = 3701.29 m = 12143.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.89 mb = 533.43 m = 1750.08 ft T: 22.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1545.15 m = 5069.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.07 mb = 1237.34 m = 4059.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.07 mb = 2002.27 m = 6569.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.07 mb = 11098.69 m = 36412.57 ft B at Equ Level: 795.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.07 mb = 13742.74 m = 45087.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 11.01 Bulk Shear: 72.72 m/s