MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 38.77,-95.16 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 978 295 18.6 17.0 90 1.6 17.5 137 8 293.6 295.9 291.5 329.4 12.53 2 950 542 20.2 16.3 78 3.9 17.6 164 21 297.7 299.9 292.7 333.5 12.35 3 900 1008 18.1 14.0 77 4.1 15.4 199 26 300.2 302.2 292.6 333.1 11.24 4 850 1496 14.6 11.2 80 3.5 12.4 214 29 301.5 303.3 291.9 330.6 9.86 5 800 2007 12.9 -0.0 41 12.9 6.2 232 26 304.9 305.8 288.6 319.5 4.78 6 750 2546 9.7 -5.8 33 15.5 2.5 248 28 307.1 307.7 287.9 317.4 3.30 7 700 3114 5.2 -8.0 38 13.2 -0.6 244 32 308.2 308.8 287.9 317.6 2.98 8 650 3713 0.3 -9.9 46 10.1 -3.8 246 34 309.3 309.8 288.1 318.1 2.78 9 600 4348 -4.8 -13.1 52 8.3 -7.9 256 33 310.5 311.0 288.1 318.0 2.31 10 550 5027 -9.2 -21.5 36 12.3 -12.8 262 35 313.1 313.4 287.9 317.3 1.24 11 500 5757 -14.2 -27.5 32 13.2 -17.3 263 38 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.5 0.80 12 450 6547 -19.7 -34.6 25 14.9 -22.2 264 35 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.45 13 400 7409 -26.5 -37.9 33 11.5 -28.0 271 32 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.36 14 350 8359 -34.0 -45.4 31 11.4 -35.0 265 34 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.19 15 300 9422 -40.3 -55.6 18 15.3 -41.1 267 46 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.07 16 250 10653 -45.0 -64.0 10 19.0 -45.6 272 49 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12131 -49.1 -74.4 4 25.2 -49.7 271 43 354.9 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13974 -59.5 -79.6 6 20.1 -59.7 273 24 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.4 -83.3 9 15.9 -67.5 273 20 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.41 m Freezing level: 647.22 mb = 3748.28 m = 12297.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.68 mb = 3000.51 m = 9844.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.50 mb = 501.35 m = 1644.83 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 2015.02 m = 6610.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 926.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.77 mb = 1221.46 m = 4007.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.77 mb = 3197.50 m = 10490.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.77 mb = 9821.52 m = 32222.44 ft B at Equ Level: 922.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.77 mb = 12367.16 m = 40574.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.82 Bulk Rich Number: 6.86 Bulk Shear: 135.07 m/s