MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-90.91 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 985 189 19.6 16.5 82 3.1 17.5 192 5 294.0 296.1 291.3 328.4 12.07 2 950 504 19.5 13.4 68 6.1 15.5 224 17 297.0 298.8 290.7 326.5 10.19 3 900 969 18.0 12.3 70 5.7 14.4 235 21 300.1 301.9 291.6 329.6 10.06 4 850 1457 15.5 10.8 74 4.7 12.6 238 22 302.4 304.1 292.0 330.9 9.62 5 800 1971 13.8 6.8 63 7.0 9.6 241 25 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.4 7.78 6 750 2512 9.9 4.5 69 5.4 6.8 236 30 307.3 308.7 291.4 328.8 7.06 7 700 3082 5.6 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 234 35 308.6 309.9 291.3 328.4 6.43 8 650 3683 1.2 -0.6 88 1.8 0.3 234 39 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.65 9 600 4323 -3.1 -4.3 91 1.3 -3.7 235 44 312.6 313.5 290.9 327.2 4.63 10 550 5007 -7.5 -8.5 92 1.1 -7.9 235 49 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.0 3.65 11 500 5743 -11.7 -12.5 94 0.8 -12.0 238 54 318.8 319.3 291.3 328.4 2.93 12 450 6544 -16.1 -16.5 97 0.3 -16.2 242 50 323.0 323.4 292.0 330.9 2.35 13 400 7421 -22.0 -22.0 100 0.0 -22.0 242 44 326.4 326.7 292.3 332.1 1.64 14 350 8389 -29.5 -29.5 100 -0.0 -29.5 243 44 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.5 0.95 15 300 9468 -38.5 -38.5 100 -0.0 -38.5 243 51 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.46 16 250 10694 -48.5 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.4 250 73 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 17 200 12125 -56.1 -62.7 44 6.5 -56.3 252 89 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13950 -58.3 -79.1 5 20.7 -58.6 255 67 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16440 -68.2 -83.8 9 15.5 -68.3 241 34 395.9 395.9 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.59 m Freezing level: 635.74 mb = 3865.86 m = 12683.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.08 mb = 3731.88 m = 12243.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.55 mb = 580.89 m = 1905.77 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 3.92 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2466.33 m = 8091.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 304.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.64 mb = 1331.01 m = 4366.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.64 mb = 4898.64 m = 16071.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 537.64 mb = 5182.65 m = 17003.25 ft B at Equ Level: 24.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.64 mb = 6416.14 m = 21050.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 69.64 m/s