MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-90.04 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 992 160 21.8 12.5 56 9.3 16.0 171 19 295.6 297.3 289.4 322.2 9.20 2 950 531 19.4 11.4 60 8.0 14.5 176 39 296.9 298.5 289.6 322.9 8.95 3 900 994 17.0 10.1 64 6.9 12.7 188 51 299.0 300.5 290.0 324.3 8.63 4 850 1480 14.0 10.5 79 3.5 11.9 202 52 300.8 302.6 291.3 328.6 9.42 5 800 1990 10.8 9.2 89 1.7 9.8 211 49 302.7 304.4 291.7 329.9 9.14 6 750 2526 8.8 1.9 62 6.9 5.1 222 45 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.0 5.86 7 700 3095 6.3 -6.4 40 12.7 0.5 214 39 309.5 310.1 288.8 320.1 3.38 8 650 3698 2.7 -11.8 33 14.5 -3.1 209 38 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.8 2.38 9 600 4340 -2.7 -8.7 63 6.0 -5.3 212 39 312.9 313.6 289.8 323.5 3.29 10 550 5023 -7.2 -15.5 51 8.3 -10.1 219 39 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.3 2.07 11 500 5760 -11.6 -15.7 72 4.1 -13.0 224 41 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.4 2.26 12 450 6560 -16.7 -22.4 61 5.7 -18.2 221 44 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.41 13 400 7434 -22.9 -28.2 62 5.3 -24.0 224 50 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.5 0.93 14 350 8397 -30.9 -34.4 71 3.5 -31.4 222 56 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.59 15 300 9470 -40.0 -40.4 96 0.4 -40.1 223 58 329.0 329.0 291.8 330.4 0.38 16 250 10687 -50.2 -50.3 99 0.1 -50.2 229 52 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 17 200 12106 -60.3 -61.3 88 1.0 -60.3 228 55 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 18 150 13897 -63.2 -77.0 14 13.8 -63.3 216 30 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16386 -63.2 -83.9 4 20.7 -63.4 244 31 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.38 m Freezing level: 625.12 mb = 4017.52 m = 13180.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.28 mb = 3173.59 m = 10411.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.28 C = 81.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.53 mb = 1336.18 m = 4383.74 ft T: 14.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.11 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.41 mb = 2904.09 m = 9527.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.54 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 23.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6207.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.85 mb = 1611.34 m = 5286.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 486.3 neg: -36.8 tot: 449.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 74.58 m/s