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: 38.50,-92.17 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -39 SFC 970 224 18.7 15.7 83 3.0 16.8 185 17 294.4 296.5 291.1 327.8 11.66 2 950 401 19.1 14.0 72 5.1 15.8 190 32 296.6 298.5 291.0 327.4 10.63 3 900 865 17.5 9.3 58 8.2 12.6 217 36 299.6 301.1 289.9 323.7 8.19 4 850 1350 13.8 7.0 63 6.9 9.9 229 39 300.6 302.0 289.5 322.6 7.40 5 800 1858 9.7 4.5 70 5.2 6.8 234 44 301.5 302.7 289.1 321.2 6.62 6 750 2391 5.9 0.6 69 5.3 3.2 240 48 303.0 304.0 288.5 319.1 5.33 7 700 2952 1.9 -3.2 69 5.1 -0.5 241 55 304.6 305.4 288.0 317.8 4.30 8 650 3545 -2.6 -6.3 76 3.7 -4.2 239 65 306.0 306.7 287.9 317.5 3.69 9 600 4174 -7.2 -10.9 75 3.7 -8.6 235 71 307.8 308.3 287.6 316.6 2.78 10 550 4847 -11.0 -18.5 54 7.5 -13.2 227 74 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.3 1.62 11 500 5575 -13.7 -25.7 36 12.0 -16.7 215 78 316.3 316.5 288.6 319.5 0.94 12 450 6368 -18.4 -35.6 21 17.1 -21.4 216 95 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.6 0.41 13 400 7236 -24.9 -35.2 38 10.3 -26.5 214 98 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.48 14 350 8193 -31.5 -35.0 71 3.5 -32.0 209 88 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.4 0.56 15 300 9269 -38.0 -41.4 70 3.4 -38.3 195 83 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.34 16 250 10502 -46.7 -49.1 76 2.4 -46.9 194 88 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.17 17 200 11956 -51.8 -72.0 7 20.2 -52.1 228 77 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13816 -52.2 -80.7 2 28.5 -52.7 260 63 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16404 -62.3 -83.9 4 21.6 -62.5 254 25 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.18 m Freezing level: 679.01 mb = 3200.67 m = 10500.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.88 mb = 2872.25 m = 9423.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.80 mb = 603.64 m = 1980.42 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 1914.72 m = 6281.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.92 mb = 1500.30 m = 4922.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.92 mb = 2611.39 m = 8567.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 489.92 mb = 5728.22 m = 18793.15 ft B at Equ Level: 197.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.92 mb = 8820.58 m = 28938.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 59.2 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 345.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 182.06 m/s