MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-91.85 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 964 363 26.0 18.0 61 8.0 20.4 212 10 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.3 13.55 2 950 492 24.7 16.5 60 8.2 19.1 212 19 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.4 12.55 3 900 964 20.4 15.3 73 5.1 17.0 210 24 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.8 12.25 4 850 1455 16.1 13.9 86 2.3 14.7 213 25 303.1 305.2 293.9 338.1 11.80 5 800 1968 12.9 10.5 85 2.4 11.4 225 28 304.9 306.8 293.0 334.9 10.02 6 750 2508 9.2 7.9 92 1.3 8.5 224 28 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.7 8.97 7 700 3077 5.6 4.2 90 1.5 4.8 217 29 308.7 310.1 292.1 331.3 7.39 8 650 3680 2.2 -0.7 81 2.9 0.7 213 32 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.0 5.62 9 600 4322 -2.0 -4.5 83 2.5 -3.2 214 37 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.2 4.56 10 550 5008 -6.3 -8.0 88 1.6 -7.0 217 41 316.6 317.3 291.4 328.9 3.82 11 500 5748 -10.9 -13.0 84 2.2 -11.7 224 47 319.8 320.4 291.5 329.1 2.80 12 450 6550 -15.5 -17.7 83 2.2 -16.2 227 43 323.7 324.2 292.0 330.9 2.11 13 400 7428 -22.0 -23.9 85 1.8 -22.5 234 48 326.4 326.6 292.0 331.2 1.39 14 350 8396 -29.2 -31.5 80 2.3 -29.6 238 58 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.3 0.79 15 300 9480 -37.0 -37.0 99 0.1 -37.0 238 70 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.53 16 250 10713 -47.6 -48.0 96 0.3 -47.7 236 79 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12156 -54.1 -64.8 26 10.7 -54.4 244 87 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 13979 -60.5 -79.0 7 18.5 -60.7 247 72 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16450 -68.8 -83.8 10 15.0 -68.9 254 40 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.42 m Freezing level: 623.64 mb = 4018.88 m = 13185.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3794.87 m = 12450.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.88 mb = 1375.26 m = 4511.95 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.82 mb = 1802.16 m = 5912.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 39.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 950.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.57 mb = 1579.35 m = 5181.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.57 mb = 2152.44 m = 7061.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.57 mb = 11180.15 m = 36679.84 ft B at Equ Level: 945.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.57 mb = 13871.28 m = 45508.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: -3.7 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 36.51 Bulk Shear: 26.04 m/s