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: 37.69,-92.32 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 960 337 20.2 17.4 84 2.8 18.4 185 17 296.8 299.2 293.0 334.8 13.16 2 950 427 19.9 17.0 83 2.9 17.9 187 29 297.3 299.7 293.0 334.7 12.91 3 900 891 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 192 42 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.6 12.59 4 850 1377 13.8 13.1 95 0.7 13.4 205 53 300.6 302.7 292.7 333.6 11.22 5 800 1887 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 213 58 303.1 304.9 292.4 332.5 9.87 6 750 2424 8.2 8.0 98 0.3 8.1 218 58 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.6 9.00 7 700 2992 6.2 -3.8 49 10.0 1.4 219 60 309.4 310.1 289.5 322.2 4.11 8 650 3595 2.1 -4.2 63 6.3 -0.9 214 66 311.3 312.2 290.3 324.9 4.32 9 600 4236 -2.9 -6.7 75 3.9 -4.6 212 68 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.1 3.86 10 550 4919 -8.2 -11.5 77 3.3 -9.5 217 70 314.4 314.9 289.9 323.7 2.89 11 500 5652 -13.2 -16.2 79 2.9 -14.2 221 74 316.9 317.3 290.0 324.1 2.16 12 450 6445 -19.0 -22.2 76 3.2 -19.8 225 78 319.4 319.6 290.0 324.2 1.43 13 400 7311 -25.6 -28.9 74 3.3 -26.2 228 79 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.8 0.88 14 350 8264 -33.1 -35.5 79 2.4 -33.4 232 85 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.53 15 300 9330 -40.5 -43.6 72 3.1 -40.7 235 92 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 16 250 10551 -48.1 -52.3 61 4.3 -48.3 239 85 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 17 200 11999 -52.2 -71.5 8 19.3 -52.6 248 76 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13848 -54.8 -80.0 3 25.2 -55.1 255 56 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16404 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.7 294 18 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.39 m Freezing level: 628.81 mb = 3866.84 m = 12686.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.08 mb = 3347.65 m = 10982.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.71 mb = 686.71 m = 2252.96 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1043.80 m = 3424.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.03 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 30.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 960.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.62 mb = 961.27 m = 3153.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.62 mb = 1807.13 m = 5928.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.62 mb = 2787.53 m = 9145.32 ft B at Equ Level: 18.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.62 mb = 13134.13 m = 43090.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 61.5 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 509.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 509.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.93 Bulk Rich Number: 5.93 Bulk Shear: 161.85 m/s