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,-93.74 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -53 SFC 964 264 22.6 17.5 73 5.1 19.1 197 23 298.9 301.3 293.6 337.1 13.13 2 950 390 22.0 15.8 68 6.2 17.8 199 39 299.5 301.7 292.9 334.5 11.96 3 900 857 18.1 13.5 74 4.6 15.1 205 50 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.1 10.86 4 850 1344 14.5 10.2 76 4.3 11.8 214 54 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.6 9.23 5 800 1854 11.3 6.1 70 5.2 8.3 227 53 303.2 304.5 290.3 325.3 7.39 6 750 2390 7.0 2.9 75 4.1 4.8 229 53 304.2 305.3 289.7 323.2 6.29 7 700 2953 2.8 -0.7 78 3.5 1.1 226 56 305.6 306.6 289.2 321.5 5.21 8 650 3549 -1.2 -7.0 64 5.9 -3.7 224 57 307.7 308.3 288.2 318.5 3.47 9 600 4182 -5.7 -13.1 56 7.4 -8.4 225 63 309.6 310.0 287.8 317.0 2.32 10 550 4857 -10.5 -20.2 45 9.7 -13.3 222 69 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.2 1.39 11 500 5582 -16.2 -24.9 47 8.7 -18.2 217 62 313.3 313.5 287.7 316.8 1.01 12 450 6368 -20.7 -32.7 33 12.0 -22.8 221 65 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.2 0.55 13 400 7229 -26.4 -39.6 28 13.3 -28.0 228 89 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.9 0.31 14 350 8179 -33.4 -44.6 32 11.2 -34.4 226 97 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.21 15 300 9246 -39.3 -53.1 22 13.8 -40.1 228 82 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 16 250 10478 -45.2 -57.5 24 12.2 -45.7 226 70 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 11956 -48.4 -75.2 3 26.9 -48.9 248 70 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 13823 -53.7 -80.4 2 26.7 -54.1 254 61 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16401 -62.0 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.2 256 17 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.09 m Freezing level: 664.61 mb = 3374.68 m = 11071.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.75 mb = 3083.16 m = 10115.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.81 mb = 915.65 m = 3004.07 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 20.93 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1673.28 m = 5489.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 26.36 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.71 mb = 1376.59 m = 4516.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.71 mb = 2046.03 m = 6712.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.71 mb = 9435.48 m = 30955.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1097.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.71 mb = 12578.07 m = 41266.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 383.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.61 Bulk Rich Number: 14.64 Bulk Shear: 74.99 m/s