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: 39.11,-93.89 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -93.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 974 259 23.5 17.3 68 6.1 19.3 205 23 298.8 301.2 293.4 336.3 12.87 2 950 479 21.4 16.1 72 5.3 17.8 207 40 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.5 12.21 3 900 945 17.0 14.7 87 2.3 15.5 209 48 299.0 301.1 292.6 333.3 11.77 4 850 1431 13.7 11.7 88 2.0 12.5 218 54 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.6 10.25 5 800 1939 10.1 8.1 88 1.9 8.9 224 55 301.9 303.4 290.9 327.1 8.51 6 750 2474 6.8 3.1 77 3.8 4.8 220 53 304.0 305.2 289.8 323.2 6.38 7 700 3038 4.7 -0.7 68 5.4 1.9 209 56 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.6 5.18 8 650 3640 1.9 -2.4 73 4.3 -0.3 206 67 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.5 4.93 9 600 4281 -2.5 -8.9 62 6.3 -5.2 207 69 313.2 313.8 289.9 323.6 3.26 10 550 4966 -6.3 -15.2 49 9.0 -9.5 215 67 316.7 317.1 289.9 323.7 2.13 11 500 5705 -11.4 -22.2 40 10.8 -14.5 220 68 319.2 319.4 289.9 323.6 1.29 12 450 6503 -17.4 -26.1 46 8.8 -19.4 219 70 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.9 1.01 13 400 7374 -23.9 -30.2 56 6.4 -25.1 217 74 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.77 14 350 8333 -31.8 -35.7 68 3.9 -32.3 214 75 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.7 0.52 15 300 9401 -41.1 -41.2 99 0.1 -41.1 215 77 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.8 0.35 16 250 10613 -51.0 -51.3 97 0.3 -51.0 230 83 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 17 200 12044 -56.6 -63.2 43 6.6 -56.7 207 83 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13847 -60.2 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.4 211 37 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16354 -61.4 -84.2 3 22.8 -61.6 230 48 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.57 m Freezing level: 628.67 mb = 3913.58 m = 12839.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.30 mb = 3561.91 m = 11685.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.56 mb = 1034.62 m = 3394.39 ft T: 16.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1356.72 m = 4451.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 778.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.10 mb = 1202.79 m = 3946.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.10 mb = 1548.87 m = 5081.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.10 mb = 11200.58 m = 36746.85 ft B at Equ Level: 762.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.10 mb = 13517.02 m = 44346.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.8 at 59.4 knts Storm direction: 243.8 at 44.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.5 neg: -45.7 tot: 245.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 11.73 Bulk Shear: 66.42 m/s