MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.98,-94.56 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -94.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 972 262 23.2 13.9 56 9.3 17.2 280 8 298.8 300.6 291.4 329.0 10.34 2 950 461 24.9 12.9 47 12.0 17.1 296 19 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.6 9.86 3 900 932 20.7 11.6 56 9.1 14.9 298 21 302.8 304.6 292.0 331.2 9.55 4 850 1423 16.1 10.3 69 5.8 12.4 296 21 303.0 304.7 291.9 330.6 9.28 5 800 1935 11.4 8.3 81 3.1 9.5 293 22 303.3 304.9 291.4 328.9 8.59 6 750 2470 6.9 5.4 91 1.4 6.1 288 23 304.0 305.4 290.7 326.7 7.54 7 700 3034 2.3 0.9 90 1.4 1.6 279 24 305.1 306.2 289.6 322.9 5.85 8 650 3628 -1.6 -7.8 62 6.2 -4.2 270 26 307.2 307.8 287.9 317.4 3.27 9 600 4260 -6.1 -12.6 60 6.5 -8.5 262 28 309.0 309.5 287.7 316.8 2.42 10 550 4935 -10.7 -14.0 77 3.3 -11.8 249 33 311.4 311.8 288.4 319.0 2.36 11 500 5665 -12.6 -13.1 96 0.5 -12.8 240 44 317.7 318.2 290.8 326.8 2.78 12 450 6464 -16.3 -16.3 100 0.0 -16.3 220 65 322.7 323.2 291.9 330.7 2.37 13 400 7342 -21.4 -23.6 83 2.2 -22.0 223 69 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.43 14 350 8314 -28.1 -31.1 76 3.0 -28.6 208 72 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.81 15 300 9399 -37.2 -38.2 91 1.0 -37.3 214 77 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.47 16 250 10636 -44.7 -56.5 26 11.7 -45.2 221 69 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12113 -50.0 -72.4 5 22.4 -50.5 229 56 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13939 -60.9 -77.8 9 16.9 -61.1 257 61 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16416 -66.0 -83.9 6 17.9 -66.1 271 48 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.26 m Freezing level: 670.17 mb = 3388.37 m = 11116.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.19 mb = 3193.38 m = 10476.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.22 mb = 1440.52 m = 4726.04 ft T: 15.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.87 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2133.52 m = 6999.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.93 mb = 1976.93 m = 6485.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.93 mb = 2350.24 m = 7710.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.93 mb = 6616.07 m = 21706.00 ft B at Equ Level: 415.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.93 mb = 10610.53 m = 34811.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -6.2 tot: -5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 37.28 m/s