MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.15,-93.11 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 955 392 22.3 17.3 73 5.1 18.9 185 20 299.4 301.7 293.7 337.5 13.08 2 950 441 21.6 16.7 74 4.9 18.3 187 27 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.2 12.73 3 900 907 17.0 15.4 90 1.7 16.0 192 43 299.0 301.3 293.0 334.9 12.29 4 850 1393 13.7 13.7 100 0.0 13.7 199 50 300.5 302.6 293.0 334.8 11.67 5 800 1904 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 216 57 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.3 10.16 6 750 2446 11.6 0.7 47 10.9 5.8 218 56 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.9 5.38 7 700 3019 8.1 -1.9 49 10.0 2.9 216 58 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.4 4.75 8 650 3626 3.4 -4.6 56 8.0 -0.4 216 60 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.0 4.18 9 600 4268 -2.3 -7.6 67 5.4 -4.6 217 61 313.5 314.2 290.3 325.0 3.59 10 550 4953 -7.2 -16.2 49 9.0 -10.2 218 63 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.1 1.97 11 500 5689 -11.9 -18.8 56 6.9 -14.0 221 67 318.6 318.9 290.1 324.4 1.73 12 450 6487 -18.0 -22.1 71 4.0 -19.1 223 67 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.6 1.45 13 400 7355 -24.4 -29.0 66 4.6 -25.4 231 74 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.3 0.87 14 350 8314 -31.5 -34.4 76 2.9 -31.9 234 84 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.5 0.59 15 300 9383 -41.0 -41.2 97 0.3 -41.0 239 89 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 16 250 10600 -49.5 -52.0 75 2.5 -49.6 250 101 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 17 200 12039 -53.8 -67.0 18 13.2 -54.1 248 85 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13866 -57.4 -78.9 5 21.5 -57.7 251 50 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16418 -63.0 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.2 283 15 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.86 m Freezing level: 620.16 mb = 4009.27 m = 13153.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.61 mb = 3542.89 m = 11623.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.82 mb = 1032.76 m = 3388.27 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1234.44 m = 4049.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 884.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.52 mb = 1151.44 m = 3777.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.52 mb = 1397.86 m = 4586.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.52 mb = 1598.56 m = 5244.55 ft B at Equ Level: 4.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.52 mb = 1908.85 m = 6262.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 57.4 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 462.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 462.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.50 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 125.20 m/s