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: 38.03,-92.8 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 285 21.9 19.6 87 2.3 20.3 209 9 297.6 300.3 294.6 340.9 14.95 2 950 472 20.0 18.0 88 2.0 18.7 213 18 297.5 300.0 293.7 337.5 13.80 3 900 938 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 220 24 299.3 301.5 293.2 335.7 12.47 4 850 1425 14.7 12.1 84 2.6 13.0 215 31 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.5 10.47 5 800 1936 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.2 209 34 304.0 305.6 291.9 330.9 9.00 6 750 2474 8.7 6.2 84 2.6 7.2 208 33 306.1 307.5 291.7 330.1 7.94 7 700 3042 5.2 3.6 89 1.6 4.3 211 32 308.2 309.6 291.7 329.9 7.10 8 650 3644 1.7 0.8 94 0.9 1.3 216 31 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.3 6.26 9 600 4286 -1.7 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.1 222 31 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.0 5.34 10 550 4973 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.8 223 32 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.8 4.42 11 500 5714 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.6 -10.1 224 33 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.4 3.46 12 450 6518 -15.1 -15.4 98 0.3 -15.3 220 34 324.2 324.7 292.5 332.8 2.56 13 400 7397 -21.4 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 215 37 327.2 327.5 292.6 333.2 1.73 14 350 8368 -28.4 -28.7 98 0.2 -28.5 206 41 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.1 1.02 15 300 9451 -37.9 -38.2 97 0.3 -37.9 214 54 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.47 16 250 10679 -48.0 -48.1 98 0.2 -48.0 228 77 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.20 17 200 12114 -57.2 -57.6 95 0.4 -57.2 237 76 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 13937 -59.2 -78.7 6 19.5 -59.4 240 65 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16429 -66.9 -83.8 8 16.9 -67.0 245 40 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.13 m Freezing level: 625.11 mb = 3963.37 m = 13003.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 3878.22 m = 12723.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.64 mb = 575.73 m = 1888.84 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.96 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1231.01 m = 4038.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.69 mb = 987.98 m = 3241.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.69 mb = 2044.19 m = 6706.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.69 mb = 10950.08 m = 35925.02 ft B at Equ Level: 510.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.69 mb = 13155.12 m = 43159.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 66.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 23.78 Bulk Shear: 21.54 m/s