MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.25,-93.26 Latitude: 37.25 Longitude: -93.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 964 373 16.9 13.7 82 3.1 14.9 200 6 293.1 294.9 289.5 322.5 10.30 2 950 498 19.1 12.8 67 6.3 15.1 208 15 296.5 298.3 290.3 325.0 9.81 3 900 964 19.9 13.3 66 6.6 15.6 233 34 302.0 304.0 292.7 333.7 10.72 4 850 1456 17.0 11.4 69 5.6 13.4 236 34 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.9 10.01 5 800 1971 14.1 9.5 74 4.6 11.3 242 31 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.4 9.37 6 750 2513 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.0 240 29 307.8 309.4 292.4 332.5 8.12 7 700 3084 6.7 2.5 75 4.1 4.4 235 31 309.9 311.1 291.7 330.1 6.56 8 650 3689 2.9 -2.9 66 5.8 0.1 236 36 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.3 4.77 9 600 4333 -1.2 -8.4 58 7.3 -4.3 240 39 314.8 315.4 290.5 325.6 3.37 10 550 5020 -6.6 -11.8 66 5.3 -8.7 238 41 316.3 316.8 290.4 325.5 2.81 11 500 5757 -11.8 -15.1 77 3.3 -13.0 235 44 318.6 319.1 290.7 326.5 2.37 12 450 6556 -16.4 -20.3 72 3.8 -17.6 238 46 322.6 322.9 291.3 328.4 1.70 13 400 7433 -21.9 -24.8 77 2.9 -22.6 244 49 326.5 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.27 14 350 8402 -29.0 -31.9 76 3.0 -29.5 249 51 329.7 329.8 292.4 332.4 0.75 15 300 9484 -37.6 -39.8 79 2.2 -37.8 253 54 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.9 0.40 16 250 10714 -48.0 -48.1 99 0.1 -48.0 255 66 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.20 17 200 12153 -54.9 -65.0 27 10.1 -55.1 253 84 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 13972 -60.9 -79.4 7 18.5 -61.1 257 76 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16448 -69.0 -83.7 10 14.7 -69.1 263 36 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.91 m Freezing level: 614.30 mb = 4148.64 m = 13610.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.11 mb = 3700.11 m = 12139.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.97 mb = 774.98 m = 2542.56 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.97 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.99 mb = 2601.75 m = 8535.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 331.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.88 mb = 1628.58 m = 5343.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.88 mb = 5049.74 m = 16567.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.88 mb = 6591.38 m = 21624.98 ft B at Equ Level: 54.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 367.88 mb = 8040.00 m = 26377.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.7 neg: -9.5 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 40.71 m/s