MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 37.90,-90.60 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -90.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 988 263 22.7 6.2 34 16.5 13.3 297 5 296.9 298.0 286.9 314.6 6.02 2 950 596 19.1 4.3 37 14.8 11.0 293 10 296.6 297.6 286.3 312.7 5.48 3 900 1057 14.7 3.6 47 11.1 8.7 288 10 296.7 297.6 286.3 312.8 5.49 4 850 1536 10.9 1.6 53 9.3 6.1 286 14 297.6 298.5 286.2 312.6 5.07 5 800 2041 9.4 -2.1 45 11.4 3.8 292 24 301.1 301.9 286.6 313.6 4.11 6 750 2573 7.0 -17.9 15 24.9 -1.6 296 26 304.2 304.4 284.7 308.3 1.25 7 700 3137 4.4 -32.4 5 36.8 -4.8 298 28 307.3 307.4 284.8 308.6 0.36 8 650 3736 1.3 -30.8 7 32.1 -6.8 300 32 310.5 310.5 286.1 312.0 0.45 9 600 4375 -2.0 -30.6 9 28.6 -9.1 306 36 313.8 313.9 287.3 315.6 0.50 10 550 5061 -5.9 -32.1 11 26.3 -11.9 309 39 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.8 0.47 11 500 5799 -11.6 -34.7 13 23.1 -16.2 306 38 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.4 0.40 12 450 6596 -17.8 -44.4 8 26.6 -21.4 306 36 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.5 0.16 13 400 7464 -25.2 -50.0 8 24.8 -27.5 302 37 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.10 14 350 8417 -33.5 -51.8 14 18.3 -34.8 297 38 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.9 0.09 15 300 9479 -41.3 -45.2 66 3.9 -41.6 295 62 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.23 16 250 10692 -50.6 -51.1 94 0.5 -50.6 290 82 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.14 17 200 12106 -62.2 -63.0 90 0.8 -62.3 291 87 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 18 150 13863 -64.8 -75.9 20 11.1 -64.9 289 75 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16338 -64.7 -83.9 5 19.2 -64.8 290 47 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.27 m Freezing level: 630.16 mb = 3989.20 m = 13087.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.49 mb = 2415.42 m = 7924.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.25 % Est. max temperature: 24.23 C = 75.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.29 mb = 2321.06 m = 7614.93 ft T: 8.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 5.31 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.93 mb = 4335.88 m = 14225.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.32 C = 102.77 F Cap Strength: 9.19 C Lifted Index: 8.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.98 C Showalter Index: 9.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 13.24 C K Index: -12.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9336.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.69 mb = 2434.85 m = 7988.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 331.5 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 48.91 m/s