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: 37.08,-92.48 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 957 372 19.7 17.8 89 1.9 18.4 185 16 296.5 299.0 293.2 335.6 13.55 2 950 437 19.7 17.4 87 2.3 18.2 188 25 297.2 299.6 293.2 335.6 13.28 3 900 901 16.1 16.1 100 0.1 16.1 193 39 298.1 300.5 293.2 335.5 12.86 4 850 1386 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 205 49 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.61 5 800 1896 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 11.0 213 54 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.5 10.28 6 750 2434 8.9 8.7 99 0.1 8.8 219 57 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.8 9.49 7 700 3002 6.7 -7.1 36 13.9 0.5 223 59 309.9 310.6 288.8 320.1 3.20 8 650 3606 2.5 -4.9 58 7.4 -1.0 217 65 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.6 4.08 9 600 4248 -2.7 -6.6 74 3.9 -4.4 214 68 313.0 313.8 290.4 325.4 3.89 10 550 4931 -8.2 -12.6 71 4.4 -9.8 219 69 314.4 314.9 289.6 323.0 2.65 11 500 5664 -12.9 -16.2 76 3.3 -14.0 224 75 317.4 317.8 290.1 324.5 2.16 12 450 6459 -18.1 -24.8 56 6.7 -19.7 229 79 320.5 320.7 290.1 324.5 1.14 13 400 7328 -24.8 -32.0 51 7.3 -26.0 235 82 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.65 14 350 8284 -32.4 -36.8 65 4.4 -33.0 235 89 325.1 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.46 15 300 9352 -40.4 -44.6 64 4.2 -40.7 241 93 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.24 16 250 10573 -48.2 -53.8 52 5.7 -48.4 248 91 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12019 -52.8 -70.0 11 17.2 -53.1 249 77 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 13864 -55.9 -79.6 4 23.7 -56.2 260 59 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16411 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.6 -64.3 309 17 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.90 m Freezing level: 626.08 mb = 3913.12 m = 12838.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.97 mb = 3191.25 m = 10469.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.47 mb = 605.75 m = 1987.35 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 14.71 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 952.56 m = 3125.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 26.49 C K Index: 26.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 974.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.26 mb = 936.13 m = 3071.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.26 mb = 1079.49 m = 3541.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.26 mb = 2642.53 m = 8669.61 ft B at Equ Level: 23.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.26 mb = 13014.18 m = 42696.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 60.7 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 45.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 510.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 507.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 176.53 m/s