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: 37.01,-92.99 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 959 406 23.2 19.2 78 4.0 20.4 198 10 299.9 302.6 295.0 343.0 14.74 2 950 484 22.7 17.6 73 5.0 19.2 199 17 300.2 302.7 294.3 339.7 13.48 3 900 952 18.5 15.9 85 2.6 16.7 202 24 300.6 302.9 293.8 337.9 12.71 4 850 1441 15.6 13.1 85 2.5 14.0 214 32 302.5 304.6 293.3 335.8 11.24 5 800 1954 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.2 216 35 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.4 10.01 6 750 2494 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.6 208 33 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.3 9.21 7 700 3063 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.6 196 32 308.8 310.2 291.9 330.7 7.14 8 650 3665 0.8 -1.3 86 2.0 -0.3 187 36 309.8 310.9 290.7 326.5 5.37 9 600 4304 -3.0 -3.9 93 1.0 -3.4 190 45 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.7 4.77 10 550 4989 -6.4 -6.7 97 0.3 -6.5 202 50 316.5 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.21 11 500 5729 -11.1 -11.1 100 0.0 -11.1 210 51 319.5 320.1 291.7 330.2 3.27 12 450 6531 -15.6 -15.6 100 0.0 -15.6 216 50 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.2 2.52 13 400 7410 -21.2 -21.2 100 0.0 -21.2 229 55 327.4 327.7 292.7 333.5 1.75 14 350 8382 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 234 69 331.2 331.4 293.1 335.2 1.11 15 300 9470 -36.4 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.4 244 78 334.0 334.2 293.3 336.2 0.57 16 250 10707 -46.1 -46.6 95 0.4 -46.2 245 74 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.23 17 200 12151 -57.4 -58.1 91 0.7 -57.4 251 87 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 18 150 13964 -58.0 -79.3 5 21.2 -58.3 243 68 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16449 -68.3 -83.8 9 15.5 -68.4 249 38 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.29 m Freezing level: 639.59 mb = 3797.93 m = 12460.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.83 mb = 3629.77 m = 11908.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.33 mb = 910.84 m = 2988.28 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1580.32 m = 5184.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.10 mb = 1300.41 m = 4266.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.10 mb = 2068.79 m = 6787.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.10 mb = 10730.51 m = 35204.67 ft B at Equ Level: 723.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.10 mb = 13592.59 m = 44594.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.9 neg: -29.5 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 14.81 Bulk Shear: 48.96 m/s