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,-92.01 Latitude: 38.64 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 69 SFC 982 227 21.7 17.6 77 4.1 18.9 188 18 296.4 298.8 292.7 333.8 12.98 2 950 514 21.1 15.9 72 5.2 17.7 190 37 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.8 12.08 3 900 980 17.6 14.0 80 3.5 15.3 197 45 299.6 301.7 292.4 332.6 11.27 4 850 1467 13.9 12.2 89 1.8 12.8 207 47 300.7 302.7 292.2 331.7 10.54 5 800 1977 10.8 10.3 96 0.5 10.5 221 48 302.7 304.5 292.3 332.0 9.86 6 750 2513 7.8 7.5 98 0.4 7.6 225 50 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.3 8.71 7 700 3080 4.8 4.0 94 0.8 4.4 221 50 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.2 7.31 8 650 3682 1.4 -0.1 89 1.6 0.6 214 53 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.7 5.84 9 600 4322 -3.0 -5.4 84 2.3 -4.1 213 55 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.2 4.28 10 550 5005 -7.5 -10.6 79 3.1 -8.7 219 55 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.3 3.11 11 500 5741 -12.0 -14.1 84 2.1 -12.8 223 57 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.8 2.56 12 450 6539 -17.3 -19.0 86 1.7 -17.8 220 58 321.5 321.9 291.1 328.0 1.89 13 400 7412 -23.5 -25.0 88 1.5 -23.8 216 60 324.5 324.7 291.4 328.9 1.26 14 350 8373 -31.1 -32.0 92 0.9 -31.3 213 65 326.8 326.9 291.6 329.5 0.75 15 300 9445 -40.2 -40.2 100 -0.0 -40.2 212 68 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.38 16 250 10662 -49.7 -50.1 95 0.4 -49.7 223 67 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12083 -60.2 -60.9 91 0.7 -60.2 212 64 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13875 -62.3 -76.8 13 14.5 -62.4 243 43 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16373 -61.5 -84.1 3 22.6 -61.7 241 39 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.09 m Freezing level: 634.06 mb = 3885.69 m = 12748.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.54 mb = 3761.46 m = 12340.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.01 mb = 753.40 m = 2471.77 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1470.78 m = 4825.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 576.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.57 mb = 1224.37 m = 4016.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.57 mb = 1981.00 m = 6499.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.57 mb = 10933.08 m = 35869.25 ft B at Equ Level: 572.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.57 mb = 13489.59 m = 44256.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 50.3 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.0 neg: -15.1 tot: 363.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 6.81 Bulk Shear: 84.67 m/s