MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.8,-94.65 Latitude: 37.80 Longitude: -94.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 969 277 21.7 16.7 73 5.0 18.3 186 22 297.5 299.7 292.6 333.4 12.40 2 950 451 21.2 16.1 72 5.2 17.8 189 37 298.7 300.9 292.9 334.2 12.16 3 900 918 17.8 14.7 82 3.1 15.8 195 49 299.8 302.0 292.9 334.3 11.78 4 850 1407 18.4 9.3 55 9.1 12.8 219 64 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.6 8.70 5 800 1927 17.0 7.8 55 9.2 11.4 230 58 309.3 310.9 293.0 334.8 8.34 6 750 2474 13.6 -0.9 37 14.4 5.9 232 49 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.3 4.78 7 700 3049 8.7 -5.4 36 14.1 2.0 232 46 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.7 3.65 8 650 3656 3.3 -7.5 45 10.8 -1.6 230 44 312.7 313.3 289.8 323.4 3.35 9 600 4299 -1.6 -14.4 37 12.8 -6.4 228 42 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.1 2.08 10 550 4985 -6.5 -17.5 41 11.0 -10.2 226 40 316.4 316.7 289.5 322.3 1.76 11 500 5723 -11.6 -17.3 63 5.7 -13.5 227 42 318.9 319.3 290.4 325.5 1.98 12 450 6521 -17.4 -18.4 92 1.0 -17.7 232 46 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.00 13 400 7393 -24.1 -27.1 77 2.9 -24.8 230 50 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.3 1.04 14 350 8351 -31.7 -31.8 99 0.2 -31.7 242 58 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.8 0.76 15 300 9422 -40.3 -40.3 100 -0.0 -40.3 248 72 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.38 16 250 10638 -50.2 -50.2 100 0.0 -50.2 244 75 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 17 200 12062 -58.3 -60.0 80 1.7 -58.3 247 87 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.06 18 150 13868 -59.0 -78.3 7 19.3 -59.2 257 50 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16377 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.1 293 32 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.53 m Freezing level: 616.33 mb = 4088.91 m = 13414.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3380.96 m = 11092.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.01 mb = 917.51 m = 3010.15 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.46 mb = 2739.87 m = 8988.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.36 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 25.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.97 mb = 1317.42 m = 4322.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.97 mb = 4114.14 m = 13497.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.97 mb = 11060.99 m = 36288.89 ft B at Equ Level: 616.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.97 mb = 13309.61 m = 43666.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 628.3 neg: -31.9 tot: 596.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 198.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 7.29 Bulk Shear: 85.34 m/s