MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.45,-94.45 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 971 290 23.7 16.5 64 7.2 18.9 183 16 299.4 301.6 293.1 335.3 12.28 2 950 481 23.3 16.0 63 7.3 18.4 187 29 300.9 303.1 293.4 336.5 12.12 3 900 951 19.4 15.0 76 4.4 16.4 194 37 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.8 11.97 4 850 1440 15.4 13.7 90 1.7 14.3 205 45 302.3 304.4 293.5 336.8 11.66 5 800 1953 12.5 9.4 81 3.2 10.6 223 43 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.3 9.27 6 750 2494 12.4 -10.2 20 22.6 2.6 233 33 310.1 310.5 287.9 317.6 2.35 7 700 3068 8.4 -13.0 20 21.4 -0.3 236 28 311.8 312.2 288.2 318.3 2.00 8 650 3674 3.7 -15.3 24 18.9 -3.4 233 27 313.1 313.5 288.4 319.0 1.79 9 600 4318 -1.4 -16.7 30 15.3 -6.8 234 30 314.5 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.72 10 550 5004 -6.3 -18.1 39 11.8 -10.2 242 35 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.2 1.68 11 500 5741 -12.2 -18.8 58 6.6 -14.2 245 41 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.0 1.73 12 450 6537 -18.1 -29.7 35 11.6 -20.5 250 41 320.4 320.6 289.6 323.0 0.72 13 400 7404 -25.2 -30.7 60 5.5 -26.2 245 37 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.9 0.74 14 350 8360 -31.9 -31.9 100 -0.0 -31.9 255 42 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.5 0.76 15 300 9430 -40.4 -42.1 83 1.8 -40.5 250 45 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 16 250 10646 -50.3 -50.6 97 0.3 -50.3 259 48 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.15 17 200 12072 -58.1 -60.8 71 2.7 -58.1 265 62 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 13869 -60.2 -77.7 8 17.5 -60.4 268 46 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16385 -62.4 -84.0 4 21.6 -62.6 268 38 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.81 m Freezing level: 613.58 mb = 4142.89 m = 13592.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.76 mb = 3011.66 m = 9880.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.89 mb = 1202.94 m = 3946.61 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1769.01 m = 5803.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 19.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 490.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1102.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.44 mb = 1455.75 m = 4776.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.44 mb = 3755.79 m = 12322.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.44 mb = 11655.98 m = 38240.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1086.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.44 mb = 14146.00 m = 46410.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.9 neg: -18.5 tot: 338.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.46 Bulk Rich Number: 17.01 Bulk Shear: 64.79 m/s