MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.04,-92.01 Latitude: 38.04 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 976 281 24.0 17.6 68 6.4 19.6 177 17 299.2 301.5 293.6 337.3 13.08 2 950 519 21.5 16.4 72 5.2 18.1 184 36 299.0 301.3 293.2 335.3 12.43 3 900 985 17.3 14.8 85 2.5 15.6 189 46 299.3 301.5 292.7 333.8 11.82 4 850 1471 14.2 9.9 75 4.3 11.6 199 53 301.0 302.7 291.1 327.8 9.05 5 800 1984 14.5 -5.0 25 19.5 5.2 216 51 306.6 307.2 287.7 316.9 3.29 6 750 2525 11.1 -10.5 21 21.6 1.9 218 48 308.6 309.0 287.4 315.9 2.28 7 700 3096 7.4 -13.8 20 21.2 -0.9 215 46 310.7 311.1 287.7 316.8 1.88 8 650 3701 3.1 -10.9 35 14.0 -2.7 213 43 312.4 312.9 288.9 320.7 2.55 9 600 4343 -2.4 -11.8 49 9.4 -6.1 212 43 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.6 2.58 10 550 5027 -6.6 -23.4 25 16.7 -11.4 214 44 316.2 316.4 288.7 319.8 1.06 11 500 5767 -9.5 -36.4 9 26.8 -14.9 220 45 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 12 450 6572 -15.3 -25.9 40 10.5 -18.0 233 48 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.03 13 400 7449 -22.6 -26.3 72 3.7 -23.4 228 48 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.6 1.12 14 350 8413 -30.4 -32.5 82 2.1 -30.7 224 48 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.71 15 300 9490 -39.0 -43.8 60 4.8 -39.4 223 52 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 16 250 10710 -50.1 -51.9 82 1.7 -50.2 238 53 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.13 17 200 12136 -58.8 -59.5 92 0.7 -58.9 214 63 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.06 18 150 13913 -64.1 -75.9 19 11.7 -64.3 233 31 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16389 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.5 -64.5 226 39 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.91 m Freezing level: 622.11 mb = 4059.09 m = 13317.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.49 mb = 2903.60 m = 9526.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.48 mb = 1085.41 m = 3561.01 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 21.39 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2267.24 m = 7438.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: 2.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 12.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 341.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 420.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.38 mb = 1260.14 m = 4134.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.38 mb = 3870.90 m = 12699.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.38 mb = 11344.09 m = 37217.71 ft B at Equ Level: 411.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.38 mb = 13272.88 m = 43545.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.9 neg: -24.0 tot: 422.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 6.71 Bulk Shear: 62.66 m/s