MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.52,-90.27 Latitude: 38.52 Longitude: -90.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 988 169 11.0 8.7 86 2.3 9.7 307 13 285.1 286.4 283.4 305.0 7.15 2 950 498 8.0 7.0 93 1.0 7.5 312 28 285.3 286.4 282.9 303.7 6.61 3 900 942 5.0 4.7 98 0.2 4.8 320 36 286.6 287.7 282.8 303.4 5.97 4 850 1407 3.3 2.3 93 1.1 2.8 317 32 289.6 290.6 283.3 304.8 5.30 5 800 1898 1.4 -0.5 87 1.9 0.5 314 36 292.6 293.5 283.8 306.1 4.62 6 750 2415 -1.3 -3.2 87 1.9 -2.1 306 32 295.2 295.9 284.2 307.0 4.02 7 700 2963 -3.8 -6.5 82 2.7 -4.9 297 27 298.3 298.9 284.7 308.4 3.36 8 650 3544 -7.8 -10.3 82 2.5 -8.7 287 29 300.1 300.6 284.7 308.3 2.68 9 600 4162 -11.8 -12.8 92 1.0 -12.2 276 25 302.4 302.9 285.2 309.8 2.38 10 550 4823 -16.0 -16.3 98 0.3 -16.1 277 17 305.1 305.5 285.8 311.3 1.95 11 500 5534 -21.4 -21.4 100 0.0 -21.4 259 15 307.0 307.3 285.9 311.5 1.39 12 450 6302 -27.1 -29.4 80 2.3 -27.5 238 17 309.2 309.3 285.9 311.7 0.74 13 400 7147 -29.0 -58.7 4 29.7 -30.9 263 28 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.4 0.03 14 350 8098 -30.5 -63.6 2 33.1 -32.4 238 34 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.02 15 300 9187 -33.0 -66.3 2 33.3 -34.7 246 46 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.02 16 250 10461 -35.7 -69.1 2 33.4 -37.4 252 36 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 17 200 11988 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.6 233 41 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 18 150 13864 -54.1 -81.1 2 27.0 -54.5 267 62 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16402 -62.7 -84.3 4 21.6 -62.9 259 30 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5462.35 m Freezing level: 774.22 mb = 2164.50 m = 7101.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 789.85 mb = 2000.16 m = 6562.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.71 % Est. max temperature: 16.19 C = 61.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.40 mb = 459.65 m = 1508.03 ft T: 8.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.73 mb = 763.98 m = 2506.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.99 C = 53.58 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 4.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 24.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14495.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.71 mb = 728.48 m = 2389.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -64.7 tot: -19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 6.53 m/s