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: 38.16,-92.88 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -36 SFC 963 286 21.5 17.4 78 4.0 18.7 191 19 297.8 300.2 293.3 335.8 13.11 2 950 406 21.2 16.2 73 5.0 17.8 194 35 298.7 300.9 292.9 334.4 12.25 3 900 872 17.5 14.3 82 3.1 15.4 200 47 299.5 301.6 292.6 333.1 11.48 4 850 1359 14.2 11.8 86 2.3 12.7 210 55 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.3 10.29 5 800 1869 11.3 8.7 84 2.6 9.7 219 57 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.5 8.84 6 750 2405 7.2 5.9 92 1.2 6.5 220 57 304.4 305.8 291.1 327.9 7.82 7 700 2970 4.0 1.4 83 2.6 2.6 218 58 306.9 308.0 290.4 325.4 6.05 8 650 3569 0.1 -3.1 79 3.2 -1.5 215 62 309.0 309.9 289.8 323.6 4.67 9 600 4205 -4.3 -7.2 80 2.9 -5.5 215 66 311.2 311.9 289.6 323.0 3.72 10 550 4886 -8.9 -12.3 76 3.4 -10.2 218 72 313.5 314.0 289.5 322.3 2.70 11 500 5616 -14.4 -18.4 72 4.0 -15.6 219 73 315.4 315.8 289.2 321.4 1.79 12 450 6406 -19.8 -24.1 69 4.2 -20.8 221 76 318.3 318.5 289.5 322.5 1.22 13 400 7269 -26.2 -29.9 71 3.7 -26.8 225 85 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.8 0.80 14 350 8220 -33.4 -35.5 81 2.2 -33.6 226 91 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.53 15 300 9286 -39.9 -44.3 63 4.4 -40.2 229 95 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.25 16 250 10513 -47.3 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.5 225 74 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 11972 -50.6 -74.1 5 23.5 -51.1 246 73 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13825 -53.5 -80.3 2 26.8 -53.9 254 62 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16400 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.1 -63.0 269 20 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.76 m Freezing level: 649.26 mb = 3578.28 m = 11739.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.33 mb = 3344.17 m = 10971.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.63 mb = 799.20 m = 2622.00 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.47 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1483.20 m = 4866.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1009.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.22 mb = 1217.26 m = 3993.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.22 mb = 2087.36 m = 6848.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.22 mb = 10014.33 m = 32855.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1004.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.22 mb = 12678.04 m = 41594.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 61.3 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 46.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 442.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 442.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.77 Bulk Rich Number: 8.81 Bulk Shear: 114.56 m/s