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: 38.09,-90.99 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -90.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 971 275 22.2 18.9 81 3.4 19.9 202 6 297.9 300.4 294.1 339.2 14.26 2 950 465 21.9 17.0 74 4.9 18.6 204 17 299.4 301.8 293.6 337.2 12.94 3 900 933 18.5 15.6 83 2.9 16.6 204 27 300.6 302.9 293.6 337.3 12.49 4 850 1422 15.0 14.0 94 1.0 14.3 207 35 301.8 304.0 293.6 336.9 11.87 5 800 1934 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.8 211 37 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.3 10.88 6 750 2472 9.1 9.0 99 0.1 9.0 213 37 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.6 9.66 7 700 3041 5.7 5.6 99 0.1 5.6 210 38 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.8 8.18 8 650 3644 1.4 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 207 41 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.6 6.46 9 600 4284 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.3 206 46 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.4 5.35 10 550 4971 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.6 212 56 316.5 317.3 291.7 329.9 4.15 11 500 5710 -10.8 -11.4 95 0.6 -11.1 218 59 319.8 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.19 12 450 6514 -14.9 -15.4 96 0.5 -15.1 225 57 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.2 2.56 13 400 7396 -20.1 -20.1 99 0.1 -20.1 232 55 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.93 14 350 8373 -27.0 -27.1 99 0.1 -27.1 241 55 332.3 332.6 293.4 336.6 1.18 15 300 9465 -35.5 -35.6 99 0.1 -35.5 243 50 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.61 16 250 10705 -46.1 -46.2 99 0.1 -46.1 240 49 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.5 0.24 17 200 12146 -58.9 -59.1 98 0.2 -58.9 242 60 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.07 18 150 13931 -58.2 -75.2 10 17.0 -58.4 257 54 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16425 -66.4 -83.8 7 17.5 -66.5 252 45 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.89 m Freezing level: 630.53 mb = 3893.19 m = 12772.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 3868.72 m = 12692.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.66 mb = 699.50 m = 2294.92 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 7.39 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1398.32 m = 4587.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 39.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.32 mb = 1180.81 m = 3873.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.32 mb = 1835.86 m = 6023.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.32 mb = 9480.08 m = 31102.26 ft B at Equ Level: 438.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.32 mb = 13179.25 m = 43238.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 161.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 82.03 m/s