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: 38.09,-93.51 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -23 SFC 966 279 22.3 17.2 73 5.1 18.8 195 18 298.4 300.8 293.3 335.9 12.89 2 950 420 21.4 16.4 73 5.0 18.1 197 34 298.9 301.2 293.1 335.2 12.46 3 900 886 17.2 15.2 88 2.0 15.8 199 46 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.6 12.13 4 850 1372 13.5 13.0 97 0.5 13.1 205 55 300.2 302.3 292.5 332.9 11.14 5 800 1881 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 11.0 210 59 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.5 10.29 6 750 2418 7.6 4.3 80 3.2 5.8 215 54 304.8 306.1 290.5 325.8 6.97 7 700 2986 7.0 -11.0 26 18.0 -0.5 215 59 310.2 310.6 288.0 317.8 2.36 8 650 3590 2.6 -10.3 38 12.9 -2.8 211 67 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.6 2.68 9 600 4231 -2.5 -13.8 42 11.3 -6.8 212 67 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.3 2.19 10 550 4915 -7.3 -16.4 48 9.1 -10.4 216 66 315.5 315.8 289.3 321.8 1.93 11 500 5651 -12.5 -16.8 70 4.4 -13.9 215 70 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.7 2.05 12 450 6445 -19.3 -21.0 87 1.6 -19.8 218 69 318.9 319.3 290.1 324.3 1.60 13 400 7309 -25.3 -29.4 69 4.1 -26.1 221 80 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.0 0.84 14 350 8265 -32.6 -35.5 76 2.9 -33.0 224 91 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.7 0.53 15 300 9330 -41.4 -42.7 87 1.3 -41.5 231 96 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.29 16 250 10544 -49.5 -53.4 64 3.9 -49.7 237 96 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 11992 -51.9 -70.4 9 18.5 -52.3 246 76 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13840 -53.5 -80.1 2 26.6 -53.9 244 46 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16409 -61.3 -83.9 3 22.6 -61.6 277 16 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.53 m Freezing level: 624.69 mb = 3914.91 m = 12844.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.05 mb = 2938.92 m = 9642.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.96 mb = 924.41 m = 3032.79 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1220.95 m = 4005.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.85 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 20.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 996.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.92 mb = 1126.36 m = 3695.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.92 mb = 1372.74 m = 4503.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.92 mb = 2755.16 m = 9039.13 ft B at Equ Level: 28.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.92 mb = 13038.88 m = 42777.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 60.3 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 45.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 423.7 neg: -6.3 tot: 417.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 9.99 Bulk Shear: 99.71 m/s