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: 38.50,-93.66 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -34 SFC 966 264 22.7 17.0 70 5.7 18.9 195 23 298.8 301.1 293.3 335.9 12.73 2 950 409 21.7 16.2 71 5.5 18.0 196 38 299.2 301.4 293.0 335.0 12.25 3 900 875 17.4 14.8 85 2.6 15.7 199 48 299.4 301.6 292.8 334.0 11.83 4 850 1361 13.5 12.6 94 0.9 13.0 205 56 300.3 302.3 292.3 332.3 10.87 5 800 1870 11.0 9.8 92 1.2 10.2 211 57 302.8 304.6 292.0 331.2 9.52 6 750 2406 8.0 1.3 63 6.7 4.5 214 51 305.3 306.3 289.5 322.4 5.63 7 700 2974 6.1 -8.8 34 14.9 -0.3 211 56 309.2 309.7 288.1 318.1 2.81 8 650 3576 2.1 -10.6 39 12.7 -3.1 209 64 311.3 311.8 288.7 319.8 2.63 9 600 4217 -2.5 -12.7 45 10.2 -6.4 211 64 313.3 313.7 289.0 321.1 2.40 10 550 4901 -7.6 -13.9 60 6.4 -9.9 214 66 315.1 315.6 289.6 322.9 2.37 11 500 5635 -13.2 -16.7 75 3.4 -14.3 212 68 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.8 2.08 12 450 6427 -19.9 -20.3 96 0.4 -20.0 215 68 318.2 318.6 289.9 323.9 1.69 13 400 7289 -26.3 -26.4 99 0.1 -26.3 217 77 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.6 1.11 14 350 8241 -33.2 -35.4 80 2.3 -33.4 221 90 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.54 15 300 9305 -41.2 -43.8 76 2.5 -41.4 227 94 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.26 16 250 10522 -48.7 -53.2 59 4.5 -48.8 234 89 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 17 200 11972 -51.6 -71.4 8 19.8 -52.0 246 71 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 13828 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -53.0 245 51 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16401 -62.2 -83.9 4 21.7 -62.4 289 18 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.93 m Freezing level: 626.93 mb = 3871.67 m = 12702.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.45 mb = 2933.25 m = 9623.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.58 mb = 983.60 m = 3227.00 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.75 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1281.30 m = 4203.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.37 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.83 C K Index: 24.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.98 mb = 1183.02 m = 3881.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.98 mb = 1430.60 m = 4693.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.98 mb = 2822.50 m = 9260.04 ft B at Equ Level: 17.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.98 mb = 12908.20 m = 42349.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 58.9 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 44.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.8 neg: -17.9 tot: 332.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.58 Bulk Shear: 68.60 m/s