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: 39.50,-93.92 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -93.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -82 SFC 960 273 24.0 15.2 58 8.7 18.2 188 19 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.2 11.42 2 950 360 23.3 14.0 56 9.3 17.2 191 29 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.0 10.60 3 900 829 19.1 11.6 62 7.5 14.4 199 40 301.2 303.0 291.6 329.6 9.60 4 850 1317 15.1 9.0 67 6.1 11.4 209 44 302.0 303.5 290.9 327.2 8.50 5 800 1827 10.9 5.8 71 5.0 8.0 219 47 302.8 304.1 290.1 324.5 7.27 6 750 2362 6.4 1.8 72 4.6 3.9 223 47 303.5 304.6 289.0 321.0 5.80 7 700 2924 2.6 -4.1 61 6.7 -0.5 225 49 305.4 306.1 288.0 317.8 4.03 8 650 3519 -1.5 -10.1 52 8.6 -4.9 226 46 307.3 307.8 287.4 315.9 2.74 9 600 4151 -6.0 -17.4 40 11.4 -9.6 221 41 309.2 309.5 286.9 314.5 1.63 10 550 4825 -11.6 -18.8 55 7.2 -13.7 219 39 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.4 1.57 11 500 5545 -18.4 -19.3 93 0.8 -18.7 224 46 310.6 310.9 287.4 316.0 1.67 12 450 6322 -23.9 -31.9 47 8.1 -25.2 203 53 313.3 313.4 287.2 315.3 0.59 13 400 7175 -28.4 -49.6 11 21.2 -30.2 200 50 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.5 0.10 14 350 8119 -34.2 -55.5 10 21.3 -35.4 209 61 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.9 0.06 15 300 9185 -39.5 -60.2 9 20.7 -40.4 209 63 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.04 16 250 10419 -44.1 -66.0 7 22.0 -44.7 214 56 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 17 200 11903 -47.6 -75.3 3 27.7 -48.3 234 47 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 18 150 13783 -51.8 -80.7 2 28.9 -52.4 253 51 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16384 -59.3 -84.2 3 24.9 -59.6 239 32 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.25 m Freezing level: 668.17 mb = 3302.45 m = 10834.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.70 mb = 2857.70 m = 9375.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.33 mb = 1373.23 m = 4505.30 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 19.67 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 1937.02 m = 6354.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -7.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 60.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.53 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1088.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.14 mb = 1731.50 m = 5680.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.14 mb = 2206.83 m = 7240.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.14 mb = 9090.59 m = 29824.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.14 mb = 12097.29 m = 39688.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 306.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 22.09 Bulk Shear: 49.26 m/s