MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 38.64,-91.30 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 985 216 22.3 16.3 69 6.1 18.3 179 15 296.8 299.0 292.0 331.2 11.89 2 950 526 20.7 15.3 71 5.4 17.1 184 34 298.2 300.3 292.2 331.8 11.58 3 900 991 16.8 14.2 85 2.6 15.1 189 42 298.8 300.8 292.2 331.9 11.35 4 850 1476 14.0 11.6 85 2.5 12.5 205 52 300.9 302.7 291.9 330.7 10.12 5 800 1986 11.0 8.6 85 2.5 9.5 218 49 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.1 8.77 6 750 2523 8.3 4.6 78 3.7 6.2 222 45 305.6 306.9 290.9 327.1 7.12 7 700 3091 5.5 1.5 76 4.0 3.4 216 43 308.6 309.7 291.0 327.4 6.11 8 650 3694 2.5 -5.1 57 7.6 -1.0 215 46 311.8 312.6 290.2 324.6 4.04 9 600 4335 -2.8 -7.6 69 4.8 -4.9 216 47 312.9 313.6 290.1 324.4 3.59 10 550 5019 -7.0 -19.2 37 12.3 -10.8 219 47 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.9 1.52 11 500 5757 -11.2 -19.7 49 8.5 -13.8 222 49 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.8 1.60 12 450 6557 -16.9 -20.6 73 3.7 -17.9 224 51 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.7 1.65 13 400 7429 -23.6 -26.0 80 2.5 -24.1 222 54 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.14 14 350 8390 -31.3 -32.7 87 1.4 -31.5 211 56 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.70 15 300 9463 -39.8 -42.2 78 2.4 -40.0 207 60 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.31 16 250 10680 -49.7 -50.0 97 0.3 -49.7 224 61 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12104 -59.4 -59.9 94 0.5 -59.5 216 68 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.06 18 150 13891 -62.9 -76.5 14 13.6 -63.0 232 41 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16382 -62.5 -84.0 4 21.5 -62.7 237 39 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.43 m Freezing level: 626.23 mb = 3998.93 m = 13119.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.78 mb = 3547.94 m = 11640.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.38 mb = 986.99 m = 3238.13 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.72 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.52 mb = 1610.69 m = 5284.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.46 mb = 1225.54 m = 4020.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.46 mb = 4066.79 m = 13342.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.46 mb = 10154.68 m = 33315.48 ft B at Equ Level: 247.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.46 mb = 12408.08 m = 40708.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 45.4 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 426.2 neg: -21.2 tot: 405.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 3.02 Bulk Shear: 82.27 m/s