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: 39.58,-93.27 Latitude: 39.58 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 977 234 24.3 16.5 62 7.9 19.0 202 23 299.4 301.6 293.0 334.9 12.13 2 950 478 22.1 15.5 66 6.5 17.7 204 41 299.6 301.7 292.8 334.0 11.77 3 900 945 17.6 14.3 81 3.2 15.5 206 48 299.6 301.7 292.6 333.3 11.50 4 850 1431 13.6 12.2 91 1.4 12.7 210 54 300.4 302.4 292.1 331.5 10.56 5 800 1940 10.5 9.2 91 1.3 9.7 216 54 302.4 304.1 291.6 329.6 9.16 6 750 2476 7.7 5.3 85 2.4 6.3 216 53 304.9 306.3 291.0 327.4 7.46 7 700 3042 5.4 0.5 70 4.9 2.8 208 58 308.5 309.6 290.6 326.0 5.67 8 650 3645 2.0 -2.4 72 4.5 -0.2 204 65 311.3 312.2 290.7 326.7 4.93 9 600 4286 -2.7 -8.7 64 6.0 -5.3 205 65 313.0 313.6 289.9 323.6 3.31 10 550 4970 -6.7 -14.1 55 7.5 -9.4 210 66 316.1 316.6 289.9 323.8 2.33 11 500 5708 -11.5 -18.4 57 6.9 -13.7 219 67 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.1 1.80 12 450 6507 -17.2 -24.3 54 7.2 -19.0 220 69 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.8 1.18 13 400 7379 -23.4 -30.8 51 7.4 -24.8 217 70 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.2 0.73 14 350 8339 -31.5 -37.2 57 5.7 -32.3 208 71 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.45 15 300 9408 -41.0 -41.7 93 0.6 -41.1 212 73 327.6 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.33 16 250 10621 -50.5 -50.8 97 0.2 -50.5 231 79 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.14 17 200 12049 -58.0 -61.3 65 3.3 -58.0 208 79 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 18 150 13849 -61.9 -76.9 12 15.0 -62.1 185 48 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16353 -60.8 -84.3 3 23.4 -61.1 224 47 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.96 m Freezing level: 628.51 mb = 3920.13 m = 12861.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.61 mb = 3612.16 m = 11850.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.80 mb = 1225.26 m = 4019.84 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1426.96 m = 4681.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 652.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.22 mb = 1329.22 m = 4360.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.22 mb = 1679.18 m = 5509.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.22 mb = 11010.74 m = 36124.02 ft B at Equ Level: 649.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.22 mb = 13244.33 m = 43451.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 43.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.0 neg: -11.0 tot: 249.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 10.33 Bulk Shear: 63.19 m/s