MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.09,-94.15 Latitude: 39.09 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 977 271 12.6 5.6 62 7.1 8.9 323 18 287.7 288.7 283.1 304.2 5.83 2 950 508 10.4 5.0 69 5.4 7.6 327 32 287.7 288.7 283.0 304.0 5.75 3 900 955 6.3 4.0 85 2.3 5.1 333 39 288.0 289.0 283.0 304.1 5.67 4 850 1423 4.7 2.1 83 2.6 3.4 338 37 291.0 292.0 283.8 306.1 5.22 5 800 1914 1.4 0.9 97 0.5 1.2 325 27 292.6 293.6 284.4 307.5 5.11 6 750 2432 -1.3 -1.7 97 0.4 -1.5 312 23 295.1 295.9 284.7 308.4 4.50 7 700 2979 -4.1 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.4 302 23 297.9 298.6 285.1 309.4 3.83 8 650 3560 -7.9 -8.5 95 0.6 -8.1 289 24 300.1 300.6 285.1 309.5 3.09 9 600 4178 -11.9 -15.5 74 3.6 -13.0 287 23 302.3 302.7 284.7 308.3 1.90 10 550 4837 -17.1 -19.4 82 2.4 -17.7 277 21 303.8 304.1 284.8 308.6 1.49 11 500 5545 -21.3 -31.7 39 10.4 -23.0 257 21 307.0 307.1 284.9 308.9 0.54 12 450 6319 -23.4 -48.6 8 25.2 -25.8 213 23 313.9 313.9 286.8 314.3 0.10 13 400 7174 -27.8 -39.0 34 11.2 -29.2 203 39 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.0 0.33 14 350 8125 -31.0 -60.7 4 29.7 -32.8 230 39 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.03 15 300 9212 -33.4 -63.4 3 30.0 -35.1 221 50 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 16 250 10483 -37.9 -69.7 2 31.8 -39.2 250 66 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 17 200 11997 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.4 275 50 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 18 150 13864 -58.3 -79.3 5 21.0 -58.5 237 55 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16394 -61.3 -84.5 3 23.2 -61.6 267 36 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5467.41 m Freezing level: 774.42 mb = 2179.17 m = 7149.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.20 mb = 2135.90 m = 7007.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.90 % Est. max temperature: 16.70 C = 62.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.46 mb = 1153.15 m = 3783.24 ft T: 5.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.19 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.51 mb = 1709.04 m = 5607.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.91 C = 62.44 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 4.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13233.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.66 mb = 1235.56 m = 4053.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -47.2 tot: -4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 23.95 m/s