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: 38.3,-91.93 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 977 244 23.3 19.4 79 3.9 20.6 215 10 298.4 301.1 294.6 341.1 14.67 2 950 485 21.1 17.4 80 3.6 18.6 218 20 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.3 13.31 3 900 952 18.0 15.4 85 2.6 16.3 225 26 300.0 302.3 293.3 336.0 12.28 4 850 1440 14.9 13.2 90 1.7 13.8 223 29 301.8 303.8 293.1 335.2 11.32 5 800 1952 12.2 10.7 91 1.5 11.3 224 31 304.1 306.0 292.9 334.4 10.15 6 750 2491 9.2 7.9 91 1.3 8.4 227 33 306.6 308.2 292.7 333.5 8.93 7 700 3061 5.4 3.9 90 1.5 4.6 229 33 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.27 8 650 3663 1.2 -0.2 90 1.5 0.5 239 33 310.4 311.4 291.2 328.3 5.79 9 600 4303 -3.4 -4.6 91 1.3 -4.0 246 35 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.5 4.52 10 550 4986 -7.4 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.6 245 37 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.6 3.83 11 500 5723 -11.0 -12.2 91 1.1 -11.5 237 40 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.5 3.01 12 450 6525 -16.0 -17.5 88 1.5 -16.4 228 45 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.5 2.15 13 400 7402 -22.2 -22.7 96 0.5 -22.3 223 48 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.6 1.55 14 350 8369 -29.7 -30.1 97 0.3 -29.8 224 52 328.7 328.8 292.2 331.9 0.90 15 300 9447 -38.2 -38.5 98 0.2 -38.2 230 63 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.46 16 250 10676 -47.4 -47.7 96 0.3 -47.4 236 85 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12121 -55.5 -61.2 49 5.8 -55.6 246 74 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 13944 -59.5 -78.4 7 19.0 -59.7 246 66 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16425 -68.3 -83.7 9 15.4 -68.4 243 42 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.92 m Freezing level: 636.62 mb = 3834.13 m = 12579.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.51 mb = 3730.73 m = 12239.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.15 mb = 732.92 m = 2404.58 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1362.00 m = 4468.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.48 mb = 1100.68 m = 3611.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.48 mb = 2169.32 m = 7117.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.48 mb = 10954.57 m = 35939.76 ft B at Equ Level: 819.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.48 mb = 13555.72 m = 44473.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 25.82 Bulk Shear: 32.04 m/s