MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-90.28 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 981 149 15.8 15.2 96 0.6 15.4 180 5 290.5 292.5 289.3 321.8 11.10 2 950 423 17.3 14.4 83 3.0 15.4 209 20 294.8 296.7 290.6 326.1 10.90 3 900 886 16.6 6.6 51 10.1 10.9 242 22 298.7 299.9 288.3 318.7 6.79 4 850 1370 13.6 -1.2 36 14.9 6.2 253 26 300.4 301.2 286.4 312.9 4.11 5 800 1877 10.3 -5.0 33 15.4 3.2 254 34 302.2 302.8 286.1 312.2 3.28 6 750 2410 6.8 -6.7 38 13.4 0.8 249 41 303.9 304.5 286.6 313.5 3.09 7 700 2971 1.9 -6.9 52 8.8 -1.9 245 49 304.6 305.2 287.0 314.7 3.25 8 650 3564 -2.8 -9.1 62 6.3 -5.3 245 62 305.8 306.3 287.1 315.0 2.95 9 600 4193 -7.1 -8.6 89 1.5 -7.7 238 74 307.9 308.5 288.2 318.3 3.32 10 550 4867 -11.0 -15.4 70 4.4 -12.5 233 86 311.0 311.4 288.0 317.8 2.09 11 500 5595 -13.9 -39.5 10 25.6 -18.1 222 87 316.1 316.2 287.8 317.0 0.25 12 450 6387 -19.0 -45.5 8 26.5 -22.3 220 91 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.9 0.15 13 400 7253 -24.6 -48.9 9 24.2 -27.1 215 90 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.11 14 350 8214 -29.5 -37.1 48 7.6 -30.6 201 88 329.0 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.45 15 300 9300 -35.6 -48.0 27 12.3 -36.7 203 89 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.17 16 250 10546 -44.5 -50.2 53 5.7 -44.8 195 97 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.15 17 200 12014 -51.2 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 225 83 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 13856 -56.7 -79.4 4 22.7 -57.0 252 68 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16410 -62.6 -83.8 4 21.1 -62.9 279 27 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.82 m Freezing level: 679.81 mb = 3210.49 m = 10532.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.75 mb = 2576.89 m = 8454.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.76 mb = 229.81 m = 753.96 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.85 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.68 mb = 2174.24 m = 7133.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 12.66 C K Index: 17.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.36 mb = 1316.30 m = 4318.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.36 mb = 3317.13 m = 10882.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.36 mb = 5144.28 m = 16877.37 ft B at Equ Level: 79.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 440.36 mb = 6546.01 m = 21476.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 55.5 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 41.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.6 neg: -23.4 tot: 204.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 229.70 m/s