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: 38.01,-94.00 Latitude: 38.01 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 247 22.9 18.9 78 4.1 20.1 228 15 298.3 300.8 294.2 339.5 14.20 2 950 471 20.9 17.4 80 3.5 18.5 230 21 298.4 300.8 293.6 337.1 13.31 3 900 937 17.0 15.8 93 1.2 16.2 232 21 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.65 4 850 1423 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 233 21 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.8 11.82 5 800 1935 12.1 11.2 94 0.9 11.5 229 23 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.50 6 750 2474 8.6 6.6 87 2.0 7.4 225 24 305.9 307.4 291.9 330.5 8.17 7 700 3041 3.5 2.4 93 1.1 2.9 225 23 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.2 6.53 8 650 3638 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 229 19 308.1 309.1 290.3 325.0 5.47 9 600 4274 -4.2 -5.2 93 1.0 -4.7 228 20 311.2 312.1 290.2 324.9 4.34 10 550 4957 -7.4 -8.5 92 1.1 -7.8 204 31 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.67 11 500 5694 -11.3 -12.4 91 1.1 -11.7 199 38 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.0 2.95 12 450 6497 -15.8 -16.5 94 0.7 -16.0 196 49 323.4 323.9 292.1 331.3 2.34 13 400 7375 -21.9 -22.0 99 0.1 -21.9 199 53 326.5 326.9 292.3 332.3 1.65 14 350 8344 -29.2 -29.2 100 0.0 -29.2 211 48 329.4 329.5 292.5 332.9 0.97 15 300 9426 -37.6 -37.5 100 -0.0 -37.5 222 47 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10657 -47.4 -47.4 100 -0.0 -47.4 217 61 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12095 -57.4 -57.5 98 0.2 -57.4 216 81 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.3 0.08 18 150 13919 -56.6 -79.4 4 22.9 -56.9 255 68 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16423 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.4 -67.3 242 39 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.01 m Freezing level: 658.76 mb = 3533.45 m = 11592.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.66 mb = 3494.72 m = 11465.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.37 mb = 762.58 m = 2501.87 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1123.50 m = 3685.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.14 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.91 mb = 1004.07 m = 3294.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.91 mb = 1444.19 m = 4738.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 827.91 mb = 1645.61 m = 5398.90 ft B at Equ Level: 5.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.91 mb = 13593.50 m = 44597.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 99.62 Bulk Shear: 8.28 m/s