MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.84,-93.83 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 960 391 20.2 18.5 90 1.7 19.0 234 14 296.8 299.3 293.7 337.5 14.08 2 950 478 19.6 17.7 89 1.9 18.3 232 21 297.1 299.5 293.4 336.2 13.52 3 900 943 16.5 15.7 95 0.9 16.0 232 28 298.6 300.8 293.1 335.1 12.55 4 850 1428 13.9 13.2 96 0.7 13.4 233 33 300.7 302.8 292.7 333.9 11.29 5 800 1938 11.3 10.5 95 0.8 10.8 222 36 303.2 305.0 292.5 332.9 10.00 6 750 2476 8.4 7.7 96 0.6 8.0 204 36 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.3 8.85 7 700 3043 4.4 3.9 96 0.5 4.1 189 36 307.4 308.7 291.6 329.4 7.24 8 650 3644 1.0 0.5 97 0.5 0.8 186 38 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.14 9 600 4285 -2.0 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 191 41 313.8 314.7 291.7 330.2 5.20 10 550 4973 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 200 44 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.0 4.28 11 500 5714 -10.0 -10.6 95 0.7 -10.2 209 45 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.1 3.40 12 450 6520 -14.7 -15.1 96 0.5 -14.9 218 45 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.6 2.62 13 400 7402 -20.3 -20.5 99 0.1 -20.4 226 48 328.6 328.9 293.1 335.1 1.88 14 350 8377 -27.2 -27.7 95 0.5 -27.3 232 52 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.1 1.12 15 300 9469 -35.6 -35.9 98 0.2 -35.7 233 54 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.60 16 250 10710 -45.5 -45.6 99 0.1 -45.5 234 58 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 17 200 12160 -56.7 -57.1 95 0.5 -56.7 240 70 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.08 18 150 13949 -60.5 -75.9 12 15.4 -60.7 248 74 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16451 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.6 -67.3 254 36 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.81 m Freezing level: 633.15 mb = 3860.23 m = 12664.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.76 mb = 3796.40 m = 12455.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.42 mb = 601.87 m = 1974.62 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1128.95 m = 3703.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 251.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.20 mb = 1006.96 m = 3303.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.20 mb = 1545.84 m = 5071.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.20 mb = 7620.61 m = 25001.70 ft B at Equ Level: 251.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.20 mb = 11593.75 m = 38036.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -73.7 tot: -62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 52.44 m/s