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: 38.77,-91.22 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 211 22.5 16.1 67 6.4 18.2 180 16 296.9 299.0 292.0 330.9 11.76 2 950 525 20.7 15.1 70 5.6 17.0 185 34 298.2 300.3 292.2 331.5 11.45 3 900 991 16.8 13.9 83 2.9 15.0 190 42 298.8 300.9 292.1 331.4 11.18 4 850 1476 13.8 11.9 89 1.8 12.6 205 52 300.6 302.5 292.0 331.1 10.37 5 800 1986 11.0 8.5 85 2.4 9.5 217 50 302.9 304.5 291.4 329.0 8.76 6 750 2522 8.2 4.2 76 4.0 6.0 221 46 305.5 306.8 290.7 326.5 6.93 7 700 3090 5.5 1.3 74 4.2 3.2 216 44 308.6 309.7 290.9 327.1 6.01 8 650 3693 2.5 -5.2 57 7.7 -1.2 213 46 311.8 312.5 290.1 324.4 3.99 9 600 4335 -2.8 -7.6 70 4.8 -4.9 215 47 312.9 313.6 290.1 324.4 3.61 10 550 5018 -7.0 -19.3 37 12.2 -10.9 217 47 315.7 316.0 289.0 320.8 1.51 11 500 5756 -11.2 -20.1 48 8.8 -13.9 220 49 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.6 1.56 12 450 6556 -16.9 -20.4 75 3.4 -17.9 224 51 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.7 1.68 13 400 7428 -23.7 -25.5 85 1.8 -24.1 222 54 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.4 1.20 14 350 8388 -31.3 -32.2 92 0.9 -31.4 210 56 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.2 0.73 15 300 9461 -39.8 -42.5 76 2.7 -40.0 207 60 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.5 0.30 16 250 10678 -49.7 -50.1 96 0.3 -49.7 223 60 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12103 -59.5 -59.8 96 0.3 -59.5 215 68 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 18 150 13889 -62.9 -76.6 14 13.7 -63.0 227 41 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16380 -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: 5675.57 m Freezing level: 626.44 mb = 3995.45 m = 13108.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.11 mb = 3530.75 m = 11583.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.90 mb = 1019.87 m = 3346.00 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1600.62 m = 5251.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 32.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.51 mb = 1254.06 m = 4114.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.51 mb = 4104.05 m = 13464.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.51 mb = 9980.73 m = 32744.78 ft B at Equ Level: 216.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.51 mb = 12180.29 m = 39961.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 45.5 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 34.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.0 neg: -24.3 tot: 386.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 2.81 Bulk Shear: 77.44 m/s