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: 37.82,-90.44 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 970 248 20.3 18.0 87 2.3 18.8 189 17 296.0 298.4 293.0 334.9 13.52 2 950 430 19.9 17.2 85 2.7 18.1 185 34 297.4 299.7 293.2 335.3 13.10 3 900 894 16.4 15.9 97 0.5 16.1 187 46 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.3 12.72 4 850 1380 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 193 55 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.2 11.69 5 800 1891 11.5 11.3 98 0.2 11.4 204 60 303.4 305.4 293.0 334.9 10.56 6 750 2429 8.8 8.3 97 0.4 8.5 212 60 306.1 307.8 292.8 333.9 9.23 7 700 2997 5.9 4.6 91 1.3 5.1 213 60 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.3 7.61 8 650 3600 2.3 0.7 89 1.6 1.4 212 61 311.5 312.7 291.9 330.8 6.20 9 600 4242 -2.2 -3.7 89 1.5 -2.9 211 61 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.0 4.86 10 550 4927 -7.1 -9.1 86 2.0 -7.9 213 61 315.6 316.3 290.8 326.9 3.49 11 500 5662 -12.4 -15.6 77 3.2 -13.5 220 63 317.9 318.4 290.4 325.4 2.26 12 450 6458 -18.4 -21.1 79 2.7 -19.1 228 70 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.4 1.57 13 400 7325 -24.5 -27.4 77 2.9 -25.1 229 76 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.7 1.01 14 350 8284 -30.7 -32.5 84 1.8 -30.9 230 79 327.4 327.6 291.7 330.0 0.71 15 300 9364 -37.2 -37.6 96 0.4 -37.2 244 71 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.8 0.50 16 250 10598 -46.7 -47.6 91 0.9 -46.8 244 63 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.21 17 200 12037 -57.8 -58.5 92 0.7 -57.8 244 69 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 18 150 13859 -57.3 -79.2 5 21.9 -57.6 257 55 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16407 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 287 27 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.31 m Freezing level: 624.35 mb = 3929.47 m = 12891.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.56 mb = 3805.76 m = 12485.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.79 mb = 531.73 m = 1744.50 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1001.91 m = 3287.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.19 C = 73.74 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.12 C K Index: 38.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.58 mb = 888.69 m = 2915.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.58 mb = 1936.73 m = 6354.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.58 mb = 9697.08 m = 31814.16 ft B at Equ Level: 680.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.58 mb = 13232.96 m = 43414.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 57.7 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 43.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 551.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 550.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.25 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 119.75 m/s