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: 37.99,-92.81 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -92.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 971 288 21.8 19.7 88 2.1 20.3 209 9 297.5 300.2 294.6 341.0 15.02 2 950 472 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 213 19 297.5 300.0 293.7 337.6 13.86 3 900 937 17.3 15.6 90 1.7 16.2 219 25 299.3 301.6 293.3 335.8 12.49 4 850 1425 14.7 12.1 84 2.7 13.0 214 31 301.6 303.5 292.4 332.5 10.48 5 800 1936 11.9 9.0 82 3.0 10.1 208 34 303.9 305.5 291.9 330.8 9.02 6 750 2474 8.7 6.3 85 2.3 7.3 207 34 306.0 307.5 291.8 330.3 8.04 7 700 3042 5.2 3.8 91 1.3 4.4 209 33 308.2 309.6 291.8 330.3 7.22 8 650 3644 1.8 1.0 95 0.8 1.4 214 32 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.7 6.34 9 600 4286 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.6 -1.9 219 31 314.3 315.4 292.1 331.5 5.43 10 550 4973 -5.3 -5.8 96 0.6 -5.5 222 31 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.3 4.50 11 500 5715 -9.6 -10.2 96 0.5 -9.9 223 32 321.3 322.0 292.5 332.9 3.53 12 450 6520 -15.0 -15.3 98 0.3 -15.2 221 34 324.3 324.8 292.5 333.0 2.58 13 400 7399 -21.4 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 216 36 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.3 1.73 14 350 8369 -28.4 -28.7 98 0.2 -28.5 207 40 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.1 1.02 15 300 9452 -37.9 -38.3 97 0.3 -37.9 215 53 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.47 16 250 10681 -47.9 -48.1 98 0.2 -48.0 229 77 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12115 -57.4 -57.6 98 0.2 -57.4 238 75 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.08 18 150 13938 -59.2 -78.7 6 19.5 -59.4 240 65 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16430 -67.0 -83.8 8 16.8 -67.1 245 41 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.04 m Freezing level: 623.34 mb = 3985.90 m = 13076.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.78 mb = 3909.76 m = 12827.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.27 mb = 551.49 m = 1809.32 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1232.87 m = 4044.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.87 mb = 986.19 m = 3235.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.87 mb = 2042.17 m = 6699.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.87 mb = 10946.74 m = 35914.06 ft B at Equ Level: 505.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.87 mb = 13149.57 m = 43141.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.8 neg: -5.3 tot: 63.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 24.57 Bulk Shear: 20.61 m/s