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,-92.99 Latitude: 37.99 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 26 SFC 970 290 22.0 19.6 86 2.4 20.4 207 10 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.2 14.98 2 950 469 20.3 17.9 86 2.4 18.7 210 21 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.7 13.74 3 900 934 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 213 26 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.9 12.72 4 850 1421 14.2 13.1 93 1.1 13.4 209 30 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.9 11.18 5 800 1931 11.5 10.1 91 1.4 10.6 203 33 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.5 9.77 6 750 2468 8.5 7.4 93 1.1 7.9 199 33 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.9 8.65 7 700 3036 5.4 4.8 96 0.5 5.1 201 33 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.75 8 650 3638 2.1 2.0 99 0.1 2.1 208 31 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.5 6.82 9 600 4281 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.1 217 29 315.0 316.2 292.7 333.5 5.85 10 550 4970 -4.6 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.8 225 29 318.6 319.6 292.8 334.1 4.79 11 500 5713 -9.1 -9.7 96 0.5 -9.4 231 30 321.9 322.6 292.8 334.0 3.68 12 450 6519 -15.0 -15.2 98 0.3 -15.0 231 32 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.2 2.60 13 400 7397 -21.6 -21.6 100 0.0 -21.6 223 35 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.8 1.70 14 350 8366 -29.1 -29.1 100 0.0 -29.1 210 41 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.98 15 300 9446 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 216 54 331.2 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10672 -48.0 -48.2 98 0.2 -48.0 230 80 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 17 200 12107 -57.3 -57.5 98 0.2 -57.3 240 74 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.3 0.08 18 150 13934 -58.8 -78.9 6 20.1 -59.0 241 64 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16427 -67.1 -83.8 8 16.7 -67.2 245 42 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.63 m Freezing level: 615.14 mb = 4086.67 m = 13407.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.28 mb = 4053.28 m = 13298.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.13 mb = 586.22 m = 1923.27 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1055.10 m = 3461.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 557.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.00 mb = 953.17 m = 3127.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.00 mb = 1291.41 m = 4236.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.00 mb = 11124.96 m = 36498.77 ft B at Equ Level: 552.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.00 mb = 13406.34 m = 43983.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 243.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.2 neg: -11.8 tot: 56.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 48.69 Bulk Shear: 11.46 m/s