MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-94.53 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 977 300 22.8 17.7 73 5.1 19.3 190 20 298.0 300.4 293.3 336.1 13.15 2 950 539 19.6 16.1 80 3.5 17.3 191 31 297.1 299.3 292.4 332.5 12.22 3 900 1002 15.5 14.8 96 0.7 15.1 196 33 297.5 299.7 292.3 332.0 11.88 4 850 1489 16.8 11.1 69 5.7 13.2 221 39 303.8 305.6 292.5 333.0 9.81 5 800 2004 14.6 8.1 65 6.5 10.6 230 35 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.3 8.48 6 750 2548 11.7 3.1 55 8.7 6.8 233 31 309.3 310.5 291.4 328.9 6.36 7 700 3121 7.2 0.1 61 7.1 3.4 238 32 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.6 5.51 8 650 3725 2.1 -3.7 66 5.8 -0.7 243 35 311.3 312.2 290.4 325.4 4.48 9 600 4365 -2.9 -13.0 46 10.1 -6.7 247 37 312.8 313.2 288.9 320.4 2.34 10 550 5047 -8.1 -24.0 27 15.8 -12.5 250 33 314.4 314.6 288.1 317.9 1.00 11 500 5780 -13.2 -30.4 22 17.1 -16.9 263 32 316.9 317.0 288.4 319.0 0.61 12 450 6573 -19.0 -33.0 28 14.0 -21.5 272 37 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.53 13 400 7438 -25.5 -40.1 24 14.6 -27.4 282 50 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.29 14 350 8394 -31.5 -54.1 9 22.6 -33.1 287 58 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.07 15 300 9468 -39.1 -60.2 9 21.2 -40.0 307 66 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.04 16 250 10690 -49.1 -62.8 19 13.6 -49.5 304 64 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.03 17 200 12124 -56.8 -67.0 26 10.3 -56.9 285 54 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 18 150 13948 -58.2 -78.6 6 20.4 -58.4 250 49 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16456 -66.0 -83.3 7 17.3 -66.1 254 28 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.94 m Freezing level: 629.00 mb = 3993.93 m = 13103.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.27 mb = 3621.99 m = 11883.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.79 mb = 947.14 m = 3107.38 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.65 mb = 2384.97 m = 7824.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.75 mb = 1090.02 m = 3576.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.75 mb = 3777.53 m = 12393.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.75 mb = 10280.10 m = 33726.96 ft B at Equ Level: 585.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.75 mb = 12943.48 m = 42464.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.8 neg: -7.5 tot: 250.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 78.90 m/s