MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.38,-93.64 Latitude: 36.38 Longitude: -93.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 SFC 952 408 21.4 17.6 79 3.8 18.8 189 17 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.7 13.41 2 950 423 21.7 17.2 76 4.5 18.7 191 23 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.4 13.10 3 900 890 18.1 15.3 84 2.7 16.3 196 43 300.1 302.4 293.3 336.0 12.25 4 850 1378 15.0 12.9 87 2.1 13.6 208 53 301.9 303.9 292.9 334.5 11.06 5 800 1890 12.0 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 222 57 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.4 9.50 6 750 2429 8.7 5.4 79 3.3 6.8 232 58 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.8 7.50 7 700 2996 4.8 0.8 75 4.1 2.7 234 59 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.6 5.78 8 650 3596 0.8 -4.8 66 5.6 -1.8 233 62 309.9 310.6 289.6 322.8 4.12 9 600 4235 -2.5 -10.6 53 8.2 -5.8 230 72 313.2 313.8 289.5 322.4 2.83 10 550 4921 -6.4 -19.8 34 13.4 -10.6 230 78 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.4 1.45 11 500 5659 -11.1 -29.2 21 18.0 -15.4 233 81 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.9 0.68 12 450 6458 -17.3 -31.5 28 14.2 -20.1 237 84 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.61 13 400 7328 -24.5 -33.6 43 9.0 -26.0 240 88 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.1 0.56 14 350 8285 -31.9 -39.8 46 7.9 -32.8 242 91 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.34 15 300 9356 -39.5 -46.8 46 7.3 -40.1 249 99 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.19 16 250 10582 -47.1 -54.2 44 7.1 -47.4 255 95 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12038 -51.6 -71.5 7 19.9 -52.0 252 79 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13884 -58.2 -78.7 6 20.5 -58.5 266 60 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16420 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.6 308 8 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.72 m Freezing level: 637.99 mb = 3749.93 m = 12302.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.17 mb = 3348.89 m = 10987.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.12 mb = 889.24 m = 2917.42 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1538.72 m = 5048.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 916.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.27 mb = 1265.72 m = 4152.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.27 mb = 2141.32 m = 7025.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.27 mb = 10415.81 m = 34172.19 ft B at Equ Level: 916.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.27 mb = 13223.47 m = 43383.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 64.4 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 48.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 651.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 651.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 222.01 m/s