MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.89,-90.12 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 982 185 26.2 17.5 59 8.7 20.2 202 12 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.0 12.95 2 950 478 24.9 15.7 57 9.2 18.7 199 28 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.6 11.88 3 900 949 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.4 200 34 302.5 304.6 293.5 336.7 11.56 4 850 1440 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.1 204 37 302.8 304.9 293.3 336.0 11.20 5 800 1953 12.3 11.1 93 1.1 11.6 209 34 304.2 306.1 293.2 335.4 10.45 6 750 2492 8.9 7.5 91 1.4 8.0 215 32 306.2 307.8 292.4 332.6 8.72 7 700 3061 5.7 2.4 79 3.3 3.9 217 33 308.8 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.50 8 650 3664 2.5 -3.1 66 5.6 -0.3 216 37 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.5 4.67 9 600 4306 -1.6 -5.8 73 4.3 -3.6 216 45 314.3 315.1 291.0 327.5 4.13 10 550 4994 -5.9 -8.7 81 2.8 -7.1 218 52 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.8 3.61 11 500 5734 -10.8 -12.6 87 1.8 -11.5 223 50 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.4 2.90 12 450 6537 -15.4 -17.3 85 1.9 -16.0 225 48 323.9 324.4 292.1 331.4 2.19 13 400 7417 -21.1 -21.8 94 0.7 -21.3 232 50 327.5 327.9 292.6 333.3 1.67 14 350 8389 -27.8 -27.8 100 0.0 -27.8 240 54 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.3 1.11 15 300 9478 -36.3 -36.5 98 0.3 -36.3 251 59 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.56 16 250 10715 -46.2 -47.0 92 0.8 -46.3 261 64 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.22 17 200 12159 -58.1 -58.8 92 0.7 -58.1 255 58 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 13958 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 246 66 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16435 -67.9 -83.8 9 15.9 -68.0 248 44 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.14 m Freezing level: 619.31 mb = 4058.32 m = 13314.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.28 mb = 3622.90 m = 11886.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.49 mb = 1284.85 m = 4215.34 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1799.24 m = 5902.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.34 mb = 1607.30 m = 5273.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.34 mb = 2075.35 m = 6808.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.34 mb = 10234.71 m = 33578.03 ft B at Equ Level: 490.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.34 mb = 13236.84 m = 43427.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.5 neg: -4.0 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 12.17 Bulk Shear: 40.37 m/s