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: 39.65,-94.61 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 970 296 23.7 16.6 64 7.1 18.9 182 16 299.5 301.7 293.2 335.5 12.34 2 950 477 23.5 16.1 63 7.4 18.5 186 29 301.0 303.2 293.5 336.8 12.18 3 900 946 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.5 193 37 301.7 303.9 293.6 337.2 12.01 4 850 1436 15.6 13.7 89 1.8 14.4 204 43 302.4 304.6 293.6 337.0 11.68 5 800 1949 12.7 8.4 75 4.2 10.1 221 42 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.8 8.71 6 750 2491 12.5 -10.7 19 23.2 2.5 233 33 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.4 2.25 7 700 3064 8.4 -13.2 20 21.6 -0.3 235 29 311.8 312.2 288.2 318.3 1.98 8 650 3671 3.6 -15.2 24 18.8 -3.5 235 28 313.0 313.3 288.4 318.9 1.80 9 600 4314 -1.5 -16.7 30 15.2 -6.9 235 31 314.3 314.7 288.8 320.1 1.72 10 550 5000 -6.5 -18.3 39 11.8 -10.4 241 36 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.9 1.65 11 500 5736 -12.3 -19.5 55 7.2 -14.5 243 42 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.6 1.63 12 450 6532 -18.1 -30.7 32 12.6 -20.6 245 39 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.8 0.66 13 400 7399 -25.4 -30.7 61 5.3 -26.3 244 38 322.0 322.1 290.2 324.6 0.74 14 350 8354 -32.0 -32.0 99 0.1 -32.0 253 42 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.3 0.75 15 300 9424 -40.5 -42.4 82 1.9 -40.7 249 45 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.30 16 250 10639 -50.5 -50.7 97 0.3 -50.5 259 48 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 12064 -58.1 -60.8 71 2.7 -58.2 263 61 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 13863 -59.8 -77.8 8 18.0 -60.0 267 45 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16381 -62.2 -84.0 4 21.8 -62.4 267 37 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.56 m Freezing level: 615.00 mb = 4120.65 m = 13519.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.90 mb = 2994.54 m = 9824.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.39 mb = 1203.60 m = 3948.77 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.04 mb = 1791.33 m = 5876.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.97 C K Index: 19.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.55 mb = 1470.55 m = 4824.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.55 mb = 3651.00 m = 11978.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.55 mb = 11705.37 m = 38402.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.55 mb = 14222.58 m = 46661.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 257.4 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): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 326.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 17.88 Bulk Shear: 66.68 m/s