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: 38.43,-91.15 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -91.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 980 216 22.7 17.8 74 4.9 19.4 201 7 297.6 300.0 293.3 335.8 13.20 2 950 482 20.1 16.2 78 3.9 17.5 209 15 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.2 12.27 3 900 948 17.7 15.2 85 2.5 16.0 213 24 299.7 301.9 293.1 335.2 12.13 4 850 1436 15.6 12.1 80 3.5 13.4 222 26 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.7 10.52 5 800 1949 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 225 26 304.3 306.0 292.4 332.7 9.49 6 750 2488 8.8 7.1 89 1.7 7.8 228 27 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.6 8.45 7 700 3056 5.2 4.0 92 1.2 4.5 231 26 308.3 309.7 291.9 330.7 7.32 8 650 3658 1.1 0.8 98 0.3 0.9 234 27 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.5 6.24 9 600 4298 -2.4 -2.8 97 0.5 -2.6 234 30 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.7 5.17 10 550 4984 -6.4 -7.1 94 0.7 -6.7 229 34 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.7 4.09 11 500 5724 -10.4 -11.1 94 0.7 -10.6 223 37 320.4 321.1 292.0 331.2 3.29 12 450 6528 -15.1 -15.8 95 0.7 -15.4 218 41 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.6 2.48 13 400 7406 -22.1 -22.5 96 0.4 -22.2 221 46 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.7 1.57 14 350 8372 -29.8 -30.3 95 0.5 -29.9 228 56 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.8 0.88 15 300 9454 -37.3 -37.5 99 0.1 -37.4 234 68 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.6 0.51 16 250 10685 -47.6 -47.7 99 0.1 -47.6 232 82 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.21 17 200 12122 -56.4 -61.0 56 4.6 -56.5 241 83 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 13938 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.2 -58.8 246 71 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16430 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.5 -67.3 243 38 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.64 m Freezing level: 634.44 mb = 3857.17 m = 12654.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.22 mb = 3816.79 m = 12522.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.77 mb = 835.74 m = 2741.90 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 5.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1688.52 m = 5539.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 317.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.69 mb = 1113.52 m = 3653.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.69 mb = 2623.92 m = 8608.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.69 mb = 9505.75 m = 31186.46 ft B at Equ Level: 316.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.69 mb = 12195.09 m = 40009.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 9.62 Bulk Shear: 33.00 m/s