MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.49,-89.41 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 149 20.5 17.3 82 3.2 18.4 184 24 295.3 297.6 292.3 332.0 12.79 2 950 431 19.1 16.2 84 2.8 17.2 188 45 296.5 298.8 292.3 332.1 12.32 3 900 894 16.5 14.0 85 2.5 14.9 197 58 298.5 300.6 292.0 331.3 11.24 4 850 1379 13.2 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 207 64 300.0 301.8 291.7 330.2 10.29 5 800 1888 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 219 66 301.8 303.5 291.2 328.1 8.86 6 750 2423 7.7 4.4 80 3.2 5.8 222 66 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.1 7.02 7 700 2989 4.6 1.1 78 3.5 2.8 219 65 307.6 308.7 290.5 325.9 5.94 8 650 3590 1.6 -2.4 75 4.0 -0.4 221 62 310.7 311.7 290.6 326.1 4.92 9 600 4232 -1.8 -7.4 65 5.6 -4.3 227 65 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.8 3.66 10 550 4919 -5.7 -10.8 67 5.0 -7.8 230 70 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.2 3.05 11 500 5661 -9.9 -14.2 71 4.3 -11.5 229 73 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.4 2.55 12 450 6465 -15.2 -18.1 78 2.9 -16.1 225 71 324.2 324.6 292.0 331.1 2.04 13 400 7344 -21.7 -22.4 93 0.8 -21.9 220 70 326.8 327.2 292.3 332.3 1.58 14 350 8314 -28.7 -28.8 99 0.1 -28.7 223 72 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.8 1.02 15 300 9399 -37.0 -37.0 100 0.0 -37.0 222 67 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.53 16 250 10632 -47.5 -47.6 100 0.0 -47.6 213 59 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.21 17 200 12065 -59.0 -59.1 99 0.1 -59.0 213 56 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.07 18 150 13875 -56.7 -79.2 4 22.5 -56.9 262 54 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16419 -64.1 -83.8 5 19.6 -64.3 284 21 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.18 m Freezing level: 626.41 mb = 3893.02 m = 12772.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.57 mb = 3508.67 m = 11511.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.78 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.48 mb = 553.49 m = 1815.89 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.82 mb = 1222.91 m = 4012.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.30 mb = 948.31 m = 3111.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.30 mb = 1687.80 m = 5537.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 599.30 mb = 4241.26 m = 13914.72 ft B at Equ Level: 30.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 429.30 mb = 6816.80 m = 22364.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 63.9 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 47.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 700.0 neg: -26.2 tot: 673.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 167.90 m/s