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: 37.08,-93.04 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 959 401 22.6 19.1 80 3.6 20.1 203 10 299.3 302.0 294.8 342.0 14.63 2 950 483 22.3 17.6 75 4.6 19.1 203 17 299.8 302.2 294.1 339.2 13.49 3 900 951 18.3 15.8 85 2.5 16.6 207 25 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.4 12.62 4 850 1440 15.5 13.1 86 2.4 13.9 215 31 302.3 304.4 293.2 335.5 11.20 5 800 1952 12.4 10.4 88 1.9 11.2 216 34 304.3 306.2 292.8 334.1 9.97 6 750 2492 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 208 33 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.9 9.10 7 700 3061 5.5 3.8 88 1.8 4.5 196 33 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.6 7.18 8 650 3662 0.7 -0.9 89 1.7 -0.1 188 37 309.8 310.8 290.8 326.9 5.52 9 600 4301 -2.9 -3.7 94 0.8 -3.3 191 45 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.1 4.85 10 550 4987 -6.3 -6.6 97 0.3 -6.4 202 49 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.3 4.25 11 500 5726 -10.9 -11.0 99 0.1 -10.9 209 49 319.7 320.4 291.9 330.6 3.30 12 450 6529 -15.6 -15.7 99 0.1 -15.6 216 50 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.1 2.50 13 400 7408 -21.3 -21.3 100 0.0 -21.2 227 55 327.3 327.7 292.6 333.4 1.75 14 350 8380 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 233 66 331.1 331.3 293.0 335.0 1.10 15 300 9467 -36.5 -36.5 100 -0.0 -36.5 242 73 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.0 0.56 16 250 10704 -46.2 -46.6 97 0.3 -46.3 244 73 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.23 17 200 12147 -57.5 -58.0 93 0.5 -57.5 250 88 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 18 150 13961 -58.0 -79.2 5 21.2 -58.2 242 67 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16447 -68.2 -83.8 9 15.6 -68.2 250 38 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.48 m Freezing level: 639.75 mb = 3793.30 m = 12445.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.05 mb = 3649.27 m = 11972.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.51 mb = 850.72 m = 2791.05 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 15.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1547.27 m = 5076.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.01 mb = 1270.41 m = 4167.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.01 mb = 2036.32 m = 6680.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.01 mb = 10649.73 m = 34939.64 ft B at Equ Level: 667.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.01 mb = 13475.76 m = 44211.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.5 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 233.5 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.8 neg: -23.8 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 14.06 Bulk Shear: 47.63 m/s