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: 38.43,-93.35 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -49 SFC 963 278 22.2 17.1 73 5.1 18.8 196 22 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.0 12.85 2 950 392 21.7 15.5 68 6.2 17.6 198 37 299.2 301.4 292.7 333.6 11.77 3 900 859 17.9 13.3 75 4.6 15.0 204 48 299.9 301.9 292.1 331.4 10.73 4 850 1346 14.2 10.5 78 3.7 11.9 212 54 301.0 302.7 291.3 328.7 9.39 5 800 1856 11.1 6.5 73 4.6 8.4 223 55 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.8 7.62 6 750 2391 7.1 3.4 77 3.7 5.1 223 56 304.3 305.5 290.0 324.0 6.52 7 700 2955 3.3 -0.4 76 3.8 1.4 221 58 306.2 307.2 289.5 322.4 5.30 8 650 3552 -0.9 -5.3 72 4.4 -2.9 219 59 308.0 308.7 288.9 320.4 3.97 9 600 4186 -5.6 -9.9 72 4.3 -7.2 219 61 309.7 310.3 288.5 319.2 3.01 10 550 4862 -10.7 -14.6 73 3.9 -12.0 219 68 311.4 311.9 288.3 318.7 2.25 11 500 5587 -16.2 -19.8 74 3.6 -17.2 216 70 313.3 313.6 288.3 318.5 1.59 12 450 6371 -21.1 -26.3 63 5.2 -22.2 213 69 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.1 0.99 13 400 7232 -26.3 -34.5 46 8.2 -27.5 225 86 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.7 0.51 14 350 8183 -33.4 -40.1 51 6.7 -34.1 223 97 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.0 0.33 15 300 9250 -39.3 -48.2 38 9.0 -39.9 224 85 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.16 16 250 10480 -46.1 -53.3 44 7.3 -46.4 219 67 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.11 17 200 11952 -49.3 -74.8 3 25.6 -49.8 246 68 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13814 -53.0 -80.5 2 27.5 -53.5 254 65 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16396 -62.2 -83.9 4 21.7 -62.4 259 18 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.27 m Freezing level: 660.24 mb = 3429.69 m = 11252.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3149.17 m = 10331.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.81 mb = 927.50 m = 3042.94 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1668.84 m = 5475.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -5.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 996.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.23 mb = 1373.37 m = 4505.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.23 mb = 2148.74 m = 7049.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.23 mb = 9426.67 m = 30927.03 ft B at Equ Level: 992.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.23 mb = 12208.82 m = 40054.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 59.0 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 44.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 366.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 12.54 Bulk Shear: 79.46 m/s