MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.35,-90.99 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -90.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -22 SFC 963 300 20.2 18.2 88 2.0 18.8 171 16 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.1 13.74 2 950 419 20.1 17.5 85 2.6 18.4 175 33 297.6 300.0 293.4 336.3 13.35 3 900 884 16.9 16.0 95 0.9 16.3 182 48 298.9 301.2 293.4 336.2 12.79 4 850 1371 14.4 13.7 96 0.7 14.0 193 55 301.3 303.4 293.2 335.7 11.69 5 800 1882 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 207 57 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.2 10.17 6 750 2421 9.0 7.9 93 1.0 8.3 211 59 306.3 308.0 292.6 333.4 8.97 7 700 2990 5.9 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 212 61 309.0 310.4 292.4 332.5 7.67 8 650 3593 2.1 -1.4 78 3.5 0.3 211 64 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.9 5.30 9 600 4235 -2.2 -8.8 61 6.6 -5.0 213 67 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.1 3.28 10 550 4920 -7.0 -16.0 49 8.9 -10.1 218 71 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.4 2.00 11 500 5656 -12.1 -25.2 33 13.2 -15.4 225 76 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.7 0.98 12 450 6452 -17.6 -29.1 36 11.5 -20.1 227 80 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.76 13 400 7323 -23.7 -31.7 47 8.1 -25.1 226 80 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.7 0.67 14 350 8284 -30.8 -31.8 91 1.0 -30.9 235 78 327.3 327.4 291.7 330.0 0.77 15 300 9365 -36.6 -37.1 95 0.5 -36.7 249 77 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.7 0.53 16 250 10603 -46.2 -47.3 88 1.1 -46.3 253 71 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.21 17 200 12049 -56.5 -58.2 81 1.7 -56.5 249 74 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 13871 -57.2 -79.0 5 21.7 -57.5 255 54 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16415 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 287 26 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.24 m Freezing level: 625.90 mb = 3902.61 m = 12803.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.59 mb = 3623.20 m = 11886.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.44 mb = 552.25 m = 1811.83 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1128.00 m = 3700.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 39.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 717.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.74 mb = 953.36 m = 3127.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.74 mb = 2117.76 m = 6947.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.74 mb = 9648.26 m = 31654.01 ft B at Equ Level: 716.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.74 mb = 13163.26 m = 43186.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.5 at 62.3 knts Storm direction: 241.5 at 46.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 664.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 664.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 221.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.84 Bulk Rich Number: 3.72 Bulk Shear: 192.97 m/s