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: 39.58,-94.69 Latitude: 39.58 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 970 294 23.9 16.6 64 7.3 18.9 182 16 299.6 301.9 293.2 335.6 12.30 2 950 476 23.6 16.0 63 7.6 18.5 186 29 301.1 303.4 293.6 336.9 12.15 3 900 946 19.8 15.0 74 4.8 16.5 194 37 301.9 304.1 293.6 337.2 11.97 4 850 1436 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.3 204 43 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.0 11.61 5 800 1949 12.7 8.5 76 4.2 10.2 221 43 304.7 306.3 292.0 331.0 8.77 6 750 2491 12.5 -10.6 19 23.1 2.5 233 33 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.5 2.27 7 700 3064 8.4 -13.2 20 21.7 -0.3 235 29 311.8 312.2 288.2 318.2 1.97 8 650 3671 3.6 -15.2 24 18.8 -3.5 233 28 313.0 313.4 288.4 319.0 1.80 9 600 4314 -1.5 -16.7 30 15.2 -6.8 233 31 314.4 314.8 288.8 320.2 1.73 10 550 5000 -6.4 -18.2 39 11.7 -10.3 240 36 316.5 316.8 289.3 322.0 1.66 11 500 5737 -12.3 -19.0 57 6.8 -14.3 243 42 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.8 1.70 12 450 6532 -18.0 -29.8 35 11.8 -20.4 246 39 320.6 320.7 289.7 323.1 0.72 13 400 7400 -25.4 -29.5 68 4.1 -26.2 246 39 322.0 322.1 290.2 324.9 0.83 14 350 8355 -31.9 -32.0 99 0.1 -31.9 255 41 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.75 15 300 9425 -40.5 -42.7 79 2.2 -40.6 249 45 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.4 0.30 16 250 10640 -50.4 -50.6 98 0.2 -50.4 259 49 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 17 200 12065 -58.1 -60.8 70 2.8 -58.1 263 62 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.05 18 150 13864 -59.8 -77.8 8 18.0 -60.0 267 45 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16382 -62.4 -84.0 4 21.6 -62.6 266 37 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.66 m Freezing level: 614.48 mb = 4127.42 m = 13541.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.78 mb = 2996.01 m = 9829.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.24 mb = 1224.40 m = 4017.02 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.72 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1823.80 m = 5983.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.18 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.97 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 19.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1191.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.24 mb = 1493.56 m = 4900.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.24 mb = 3679.98 m = 12073.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.24 mb = 11478.37 m = 37658.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1188.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.24 mb = 14326.08 m = 47001.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.9 neg: -13.5 tot: 325.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 18.18 Bulk Shear: 65.53 m/s