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: 37.82,-90.75 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 971 284 24.3 18.1 68 6.2 20.1 197 10 300.0 302.5 294.3 339.8 13.60 2 950 470 23.9 16.2 62 7.7 18.7 197 23 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.7 12.30 3 900 941 19.7 14.8 73 4.9 16.5 198 31 301.9 304.0 293.5 336.8 11.85 4 850 1431 15.5 13.3 87 2.1 14.1 201 36 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.1 11.40 5 800 1943 11.9 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 208 38 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.6 10.68 6 750 2481 8.9 8.6 98 0.2 8.8 214 37 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.6 9.43 7 700 3050 5.3 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 212 37 308.3 309.8 292.3 332.2 7.81 8 650 3652 1.6 0.6 93 1.1 1.1 209 40 310.8 312.0 291.7 329.9 6.15 9 600 4294 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.6 -2.3 210 47 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.6 5.29 10 550 4981 -6.2 -7.4 91 1.2 -6.7 214 53 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.6 4.00 11 500 5720 -11.1 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.4 219 56 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.6 3.07 12 450 6522 -15.4 -16.8 89 1.4 -15.9 226 57 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.7 2.29 13 400 7403 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 236 57 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.2 1.90 14 350 8379 -27.3 -27.3 100 -0.0 -27.3 243 57 332.0 332.2 293.4 336.2 1.17 15 300 9470 -35.6 -35.7 99 0.1 -35.7 247 54 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.61 16 250 10711 -45.9 -46.0 98 0.2 -45.9 247 53 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12154 -58.4 -58.5 98 0.1 -58.4 249 59 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.07 18 150 13942 -59.2 -76.8 8 17.6 -59.5 252 64 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16433 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.8 -66.1 251 43 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.97 m Freezing level: 627.13 mb = 3945.55 m = 12944.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.91 mb = 3852.90 m = 12640.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.22 mb = 1072.92 m = 3520.03 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1656.76 m = 5435.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 39.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.80 mb = 1482.33 m = 4863.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.80 mb = 1839.76 m = 6035.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.80 mb = 9474.07 m = 31082.54 ft B at Equ Level: 470.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.80 mb = 13171.04 m = 43211.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 186.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 59.31 m/s