MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.84,-93.83 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 961 391 16.3 15.4 94 1.0 15.7 237 14 292.8 294.8 290.4 325.5 11.49 2 950 492 15.6 14.7 94 0.9 15.0 240 22 293.0 295.0 290.2 324.6 11.11 3 900 949 12.7 12.0 96 0.7 12.3 251 27 294.6 296.3 289.6 322.8 9.83 4 850 1428 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 9.9 261 26 297.4 299.0 289.6 322.9 8.74 5 800 1932 8.0 7.2 94 0.9 7.6 262 28 299.7 301.2 289.8 323.3 7.98 6 750 2463 5.5 5.3 98 0.2 5.4 254 33 302.5 303.9 290.2 324.8 7.45 7 700 3025 2.9 2.8 99 0.1 2.9 247 39 305.7 307.0 290.6 326.1 6.72 8 650 3624 0.7 0.6 99 0.1 0.6 233 47 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.7 6.16 9 600 4265 -1.6 -1.8 98 0.2 -1.7 214 58 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.9 5.59 10 550 4953 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.9 210 60 317.3 318.1 292.1 331.5 4.41 11 500 5693 -10.4 -10.7 98 0.2 -10.5 209 57 320.3 321.0 292.1 331.5 3.39 12 450 6497 -14.7 -15.9 91 1.2 -15.1 215 58 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.1 2.46 13 400 7380 -20.4 -24.3 71 3.9 -21.4 218 60 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.1 1.33 14 350 8354 -27.7 -31.7 69 3.9 -28.5 216 63 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.2 0.77 15 300 9444 -35.8 -40.3 63 4.5 -36.2 209 64 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.4 0.38 16 250 10685 -44.7 -50.3 53 5.6 -45.0 214 54 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12152 -51.8 -69.7 10 17.9 -52.2 234 62 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 13968 -63.0 -76.1 16 13.1 -63.1 255 60 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16435 -65.3 -83.7 6 18.4 -65.5 259 43 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.96 m Freezing level: 635.41 mb = 3810.65 m = 12501.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.08 mb = 3784.41 m = 12415.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.98 % Est. max temperature: 22.69 C = 72.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.68 mb = 512.27 m = 1680.65 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1043.92 m = 3424.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.66 C = 65.59 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 30.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7047.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.06 mb = 957.45 m = 3141.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -15.3 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 66.61 m/s