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,-93.66 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -56 SFC 963 265 22.7 17.1 70 5.7 18.9 196 23 299.0 301.4 293.4 336.3 12.79 2 950 386 22.1 15.4 66 6.8 17.6 198 38 299.6 301.8 292.7 333.6 11.62 3 900 853 18.3 12.8 71 5.4 14.8 204 49 300.3 302.2 292.0 330.9 10.41 4 850 1340 14.4 9.7 73 4.7 11.6 213 52 301.2 302.9 291.0 327.7 8.94 5 800 1850 11.1 6.0 71 5.1 8.1 225 53 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.9 7.33 6 750 2386 7.0 2.6 74 4.3 4.6 226 54 304.2 305.3 289.6 322.8 6.18 7 700 2949 3.0 -1.8 71 4.8 0.7 224 56 305.8 306.7 288.9 320.5 4.80 8 650 3545 -1.1 -8.3 58 7.3 -4.1 224 56 307.7 308.3 287.9 317.6 3.13 9 600 4178 -6.0 -13.0 58 7.0 -8.5 225 59 309.1 309.6 287.6 316.6 2.34 10 550 4852 -11.2 -17.9 57 6.7 -13.2 222 65 310.8 311.1 287.5 316.3 1.70 11 500 5575 -16.8 -22.3 62 5.5 -18.2 216 65 312.5 312.7 287.7 316.8 1.27 12 450 6358 -21.6 -28.6 53 7.0 -22.9 211 63 316.1 316.2 288.3 318.9 0.80 13 400 7217 -26.6 -37.8 34 11.2 -28.1 225 82 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.37 14 350 8167 -33.5 -43.2 37 9.8 -34.4 224 94 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.24 15 300 9234 -39.1 -50.8 28 11.8 -39.8 223 79 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 16 250 10466 -45.2 -56.5 27 11.3 -45.7 222 67 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.07 17 200 11946 -48.2 -75.3 3 27.2 -48.7 247 65 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 13814 -53.2 -80.4 2 27.2 -53.7 253 63 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16396 -61.7 -83.9 4 22.2 -62.0 252 17 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.48 m Freezing level: 663.28 mb = 3386.53 m = 11110.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.09 mb = 3028.66 m = 9936.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.57 mb = 981.40 m = 3219.76 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1755.30 m = 5758.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -6.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.25 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1037.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.41 mb = 1455.87 m = 4776.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.41 mb = 2130.54 m = 6989.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.41 mb = 9384.06 m = 30787.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1030.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.41 mb = 12163.68 m = 39906.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 56.5 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 42.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.7 neg: -2.3 tot: 359.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 14.90 Bulk Shear: 69.61 m/s