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: 39.58,-93.82 Latitude: 39.58 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -80 SFC 961 264 23.7 15.4 60 8.3 18.2 189 20 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.0 11.51 2 950 361 22.9 14.1 57 8.8 17.1 192 30 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.9 10.71 3 900 830 18.8 12.0 65 6.8 14.4 200 40 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.7 9.80 4 850 1317 14.8 9.2 69 5.6 11.3 209 45 301.6 303.2 290.9 327.1 8.60 5 800 1827 10.9 5.3 68 5.7 7.7 220 47 302.8 304.1 289.9 323.7 6.98 6 750 2362 6.6 1.2 68 5.4 3.8 222 47 303.8 304.8 288.9 320.7 5.58 7 700 2924 2.7 -4.2 60 6.9 -0.4 222 49 305.5 306.3 288.1 317.9 4.01 8 650 3519 -1.4 -9.8 53 8.5 -4.8 223 46 307.4 307.9 287.5 316.2 2.79 9 600 4152 -5.9 -16.2 44 10.3 -9.4 218 41 309.3 309.6 287.1 315.1 1.79 10 550 4826 -11.4 -18.9 54 7.5 -13.6 218 40 310.6 310.9 287.3 315.7 1.56 11 500 5548 -18.0 -20.3 82 2.3 -18.6 221 45 311.1 311.4 287.5 316.1 1.52 12 450 6325 -23.7 -30.0 56 6.3 -24.8 204 53 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.70 13 400 7178 -28.4 -43.5 22 15.1 -30.0 197 52 318.0 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.20 14 350 8123 -34.1 -52.5 14 18.3 -35.3 208 61 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.08 15 300 9189 -39.5 -57.9 12 18.4 -40.3 207 64 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 16 250 10421 -44.4 -64.6 9 20.1 -45.1 212 56 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 11903 -47.9 -75.2 3 27.2 -48.6 232 47 356.8 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13782 -51.9 -80.7 2 28.9 -52.4 253 50 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16382 -59.3 -84.2 3 24.8 -59.7 242 33 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.18 m Freezing level: 666.76 mb = 3319.93 m = 10892.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.32 mb = 2862.49 m = 9391.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.57 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.40 mb = 1313.10 m = 4308.03 ft T: 14.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 18.93 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.09 mb = 1909.39 m = 6264.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 59.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.76 C Cross Totals Index: 27.17 C K Index: 35.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1064.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.81 mb = 1652.15 m = 5420.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.81 mb = 2232.21 m = 7323.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.81 mb = 9147.13 m = 30009.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1059.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.81 mb = 12176.29 m = 39947.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.7 neg: -4.3 tot: 283.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 24.79 Bulk Shear: 42.94 m/s