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: 39.71,-92.01 Latitude: 39.71 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 972 227 22.8 17.3 71 5.5 19.1 180 18 298.4 300.7 293.3 335.8 12.86 2 950 424 20.9 16.3 75 4.6 17.8 184 32 298.4 300.6 292.9 334.2 12.34 3 900 889 16.5 15.1 92 1.3 15.6 188 40 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.6 12.09 4 850 1374 13.2 13.1 100 0.0 13.1 200 47 300.0 302.0 292.5 332.9 11.25 5 800 1883 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.1 217 49 302.5 304.3 291.9 330.8 9.53 6 750 2423 11.1 2.3 54 8.8 6.2 209 51 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.2 6.03 7 700 2996 7.4 3.1 74 4.3 4.9 203 55 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.8 6.84 8 650 3601 2.6 -0.4 80 3.1 1.0 202 59 312.0 313.0 291.6 329.8 5.71 9 600 4243 -3.1 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.2 202 59 312.6 313.4 290.5 325.9 4.21 10 550 4925 -8.4 -14.4 62 6.0 -10.5 205 58 314.1 314.6 289.2 321.6 2.28 11 500 5656 -14.2 -16.4 83 2.2 -14.9 208 59 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.8 2.13 12 450 6450 -18.4 -18.6 99 0.2 -18.4 211 62 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.7 1.96 13 400 7316 -25.5 -25.6 100 0.0 -25.5 211 61 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.0 1.19 14 350 8270 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.1 217 64 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.4 0.67 15 300 9331 -42.8 -42.8 100 -0.0 -42.8 221 73 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.29 16 250 10534 -52.2 -52.4 98 0.2 -52.2 228 80 328.4 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.12 17 200 11968 -53.7 -69.9 12 16.2 -54.0 238 65 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13815 -53.9 -80.4 2 26.5 -54.4 241 44 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16381 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 259 25 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.50 m Freezing level: 626.83 mb = 3898.64 m = 12790.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.26 mb = 3722.36 m = 12212.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 926.05 m = 3038.19 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1134.00 m = 3720.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.58 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 27.32 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.37 mb = 1047.57 m = 3436.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.37 mb = 1291.06 m = 4235.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 788.37 mb = 2005.59 m = 6579.93 ft B at Equ Level: 9.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 758.37 mb = 2329.97 m = 7644.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.5 neg: -23.4 tot: 298.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.25 Bulk Rich Number: 12.96 Bulk Shear: 87.77 m/s