MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 38.23,-94.37 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 977 264 26.1 17.8 60 8.3 20.4 192 18 301.3 303.8 294.4 340.4 13.27 2 950 504 23.6 16.2 63 7.4 18.6 195 31 301.1 303.3 293.6 337.2 12.27 3 900 973 18.9 14.9 78 4.0 16.3 199 37 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.1 11.94 4 850 1461 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.8 206 41 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.3 11.51 5 800 1975 14.9 8.3 65 6.6 10.9 222 39 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.1 8.62 6 750 2519 12.2 1.9 49 10.3 6.5 229 37 309.8 310.9 291.1 327.9 5.85 7 700 3093 7.9 -5.1 39 13.0 1.7 233 37 311.3 312.0 289.7 323.1 3.74 8 650 3699 3.5 -15.6 23 19.1 -3.6 235 35 312.9 313.2 288.3 318.6 1.75 9 600 4342 -0.9 -19.8 22 18.9 -7.1 243 31 315.1 315.3 288.6 319.5 1.32 10 550 5029 -6.1 -19.5 34 13.4 -10.4 249 35 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.8 1.48 11 500 5767 -11.9 -21.6 44 9.7 -14.7 256 43 318.5 318.8 289.7 323.2 1.36 12 450 6563 -18.7 -23.9 63 5.2 -20.0 255 45 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.0 1.23 13 400 7430 -24.2 -41.8 18 17.6 -26.4 254 36 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.24 14 350 8390 -31.0 -45.2 23 14.3 -32.4 256 39 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.19 15 300 9464 -39.2 -46.5 46 7.4 -39.7 257 46 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.19 16 250 10685 -49.7 -50.5 91 0.8 -49.7 260 53 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 17 200 12108 -59.0 -59.9 89 0.9 -59.0 264 72 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.06 18 150 13901 -59.7 -77.7 8 18.0 -59.9 259 48 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16406 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.9 261 40 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.36 m Freezing level: 610.43 mb = 4207.89 m = 13805.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.88 mb = 3283.34 m = 10771.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.16 mb = 1310.45 m = 4299.31 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 21.73 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.20 mb = 2427.58 m = 7964.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 26.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1018.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.74 mb = 1444.05 m = 4737.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.74 mb = 3614.36 m = 11858.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.74 mb = 11595.49 m = 38042.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1017.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.74 mb = 14037.31 m = 46053.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 278.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.68 Bulk Rich Number: 16.05 Bulk Shear: 63.46 m/s