MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.77,-94.22 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 974 270 25.3 17.3 61 7.9 19.8 191 24 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.5 12.89 2 950 484 21.8 16.0 70 5.8 17.9 194 40 299.3 301.6 293.0 334.8 12.15 3 900 950 17.0 14.8 86 2.3 15.5 197 49 299.1 301.2 292.7 333.5 11.81 4 850 1435 13.6 12.7 94 0.9 13.0 208 55 300.3 302.3 292.3 332.3 10.89 5 800 1947 13.7 3.7 51 10.0 8.1 221 51 305.7 306.9 290.2 324.8 6.26 6 750 2488 10.8 2.2 55 8.6 6.1 216 56 308.3 309.4 290.8 326.8 6.01 7 700 3060 6.8 2.6 74 4.3 4.5 211 60 310.1 311.3 291.8 330.4 6.60 8 650 3665 2.5 -3.0 67 5.5 -0.2 205 62 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.7 4.73 9 600 4306 -3.0 -8.1 68 5.1 -5.2 205 59 312.6 313.3 289.9 323.7 3.46 10 550 4988 -8.0 -16.8 49 8.8 -10.9 204 59 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.8 1.87 11 500 5724 -10.4 -24.0 32 13.5 -14.2 212 65 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.1 1.10 12 450 6528 -15.6 -23.8 49 8.2 -17.8 220 67 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.0 1.24 13 400 7404 -22.6 -37.8 24 15.2 -24.9 218 65 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.37 14 350 8368 -30.7 -41.7 33 11.1 -31.9 215 68 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 15 300 9442 -39.6 -46.3 49 6.7 -40.1 222 76 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 16 250 10660 -50.0 -52.8 72 2.8 -50.1 238 80 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 17 200 12087 -58.3 -61.1 70 2.8 -58.3 209 77 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13888 -61.7 -77.0 11 15.4 -61.9 219 27 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16376 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 216 42 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.50 m Freezing level: 627.28 mb = 3956.12 m = 12979.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.29 mb = 3636.14 m = 11929.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.89 mb = 1268.21 m = 4160.74 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 13.75 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.74 mb = 1328.60 m = 4358.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.64 mb = 1251.03 m = 4104.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.64 mb = 3619.23 m = 11873.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.64 mb = 11092.54 m = 36392.41 ft B at Equ Level: 548.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.64 mb = 13342.85 m = 43775.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.4 at 56.8 knts Storm direction: 238.4 at 42.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.9 neg: -17.9 tot: 312.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 8.73 Bulk Shear: 63.23 m/s