MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.72,-92.80 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 977 247 21.2 16.2 73 4.9 17.9 265 14 296.3 298.4 291.9 330.8 11.95 2 950 486 18.8 14.3 75 4.5 15.9 268 24 296.3 298.2 291.0 327.6 10.83 3 900 947 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.3 271 27 296.4 298.3 290.6 326.2 10.28 4 850 1428 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.4 274 25 298.1 299.7 290.0 324.1 8.93 5 800 1934 9.6 -0.6 49 10.3 4.5 278 26 301.4 302.2 287.2 315.2 4.56 6 750 2465 5.4 -3.8 51 9.2 1.1 272 27 302.4 303.2 286.8 314.2 3.84 7 700 3025 1.1 -6.2 58 7.3 -2.1 263 25 303.7 304.3 286.8 314.3 3.44 8 650 3616 -3.0 -10.1 58 7.1 -5.8 247 22 305.5 306.1 286.8 314.1 2.72 9 600 4245 -7.6 -13.1 65 5.5 -9.5 229 33 307.3 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.33 10 550 4915 -12.5 -28.1 26 15.6 -15.9 226 45 309.2 309.3 285.9 311.6 0.69 11 500 5635 -17.8 -37.8 16 20.0 -20.8 224 56 311.4 311.4 286.2 312.4 0.29 12 450 6414 -23.6 -42.0 17 18.4 -25.8 219 55 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.3 0.21 13 400 7264 -29.3 -45.6 19 16.3 -30.8 213 51 316.9 317.0 287.9 317.5 0.16 14 350 8207 -34.4 -51.9 15 17.5 -35.6 202 50 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.09 15 300 9270 -40.7 -56.3 17 15.6 -41.5 203 44 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.06 16 250 10490 -47.8 -64.9 12 17.1 -48.3 213 42 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.02 17 200 11943 -52.8 -72.4 8 19.6 -53.1 239 40 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13782 -56.1 -80.1 3 24.1 -56.3 266 38 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16337 -61.2 -84.2 3 23.0 -61.4 270 22 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.78 m Freezing level: 686.64 mb = 3182.83 m = 10442.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.42 mb = 2657.72 m = 8719.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.65 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.19 mb = 869.68 m = 2853.26 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 16.57 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1229.36 m = 4033.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.04 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 886.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.43 mb = 1112.98 m = 3651.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.43 mb = 2276.27 m = 7467.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.43 mb = 8880.71 m = 29135.82 ft B at Equ Level: 884.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.43 mb = 12026.04 m = 39455.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: -5.7 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 25.05 Bulk Shear: 35.40 m/s