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: 39.11,-91.93 Latitude: 39.11 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 33 SFC 975 254 24.3 17.4 65 6.9 19.6 220 10 299.7 302.0 293.7 337.5 12.96 2 950 477 21.1 16.4 75 4.7 17.9 222 15 298.6 300.9 293.0 334.9 12.45 3 900 943 16.7 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 225 16 298.7 301.0 293.1 335.1 12.48 4 850 1429 13.4 13.2 99 0.2 13.3 233 19 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.4 11.31 5 800 1939 11.8 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 239 27 303.7 305.6 292.6 333.1 9.85 6 750 2479 10.2 5.0 70 5.2 7.2 237 33 307.7 309.0 291.7 330.0 7.32 7 700 3049 6.4 -0.9 59 7.3 2.6 240 37 309.6 310.5 290.4 325.4 5.11 8 650 3652 1.5 -3.6 69 5.0 -0.9 243 40 310.6 311.5 290.2 324.8 4.53 9 600 4291 -3.4 -10.8 57 7.4 -6.4 244 45 312.2 312.7 289.1 321.2 2.80 10 550 4974 -7.0 -14.0 58 6.9 -9.6 239 54 315.7 316.2 289.8 323.5 2.36 11 500 5711 -11.4 -25.7 29 14.3 -15.0 237 57 319.2 319.4 289.5 322.5 0.94 12 450 6511 -16.7 -28.3 36 11.6 -19.3 233 63 322.3 322.4 290.3 325.2 0.83 13 400 7384 -23.1 -30.5 51 7.4 -24.5 234 70 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.7 0.76 14 350 8348 -30.6 -41.1 35 10.5 -31.8 235 78 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.30 15 300 9425 -38.7 -43.9 58 5.2 -39.1 235 87 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.26 16 250 10649 -48.7 -48.8 99 0.1 -48.7 235 98 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12090 -54.5 -68.1 17 13.6 -54.7 243 87 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 13913 -59.3 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.5 244 67 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16408 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.8 -66.1 243 45 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.57 m Freezing level: 634.80 mb = 3846.19 m = 12618.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.05 mb = 3490.41 m = 11451.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.38 mb = 1120.60 m = 3676.45 ft T: 15.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.98 mb = 1172.82 m = 3847.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.40 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 30.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 652.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.06 mb = 1104.38 m = 3623.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.06 mb = 1249.90 m = 4100.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 818.06 mb = 1750.77 m = 5743.94 ft B at Equ Level: 6.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 778.06 mb = 2171.28 m = 7123.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 8.13 Bulk Shear: 80.28 m/s