MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.96,-93.13 Latitude: 36.96 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 960 395 24.1 19.2 74 4.9 20.6 192 10 300.8 303.4 295.3 344.0 14.73 2 950 483 23.3 17.5 70 5.9 19.3 194 18 300.9 303.3 294.3 340.0 13.34 3 900 953 19.4 15.6 78 3.8 16.8 202 24 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.44 4 850 1443 15.7 13.3 86 2.4 14.1 210 26 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.3 11.36 5 800 1956 12.8 10.3 85 2.5 11.2 217 26 304.8 306.6 292.9 334.4 9.90 6 750 2496 9.5 7.3 87 2.1 8.2 221 23 306.8 308.4 292.5 332.9 8.61 7 700 3065 5.3 4.6 95 0.7 4.9 220 22 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.7 7.63 8 650 3667 1.5 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 205 26 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.3 6.33 9 600 4308 -2.9 -3.9 93 1.0 -3.4 193 35 312.8 313.7 291.1 327.9 4.79 10 550 4992 -6.9 -7.2 97 0.3 -7.0 197 43 315.9 316.7 291.4 329.0 4.05 11 500 5730 -11.1 -11.5 96 0.5 -11.3 211 49 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.9 3.17 12 450 6532 -15.9 -16.3 97 0.4 -16.0 216 49 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.3 2.38 13 400 7409 -21.6 -21.7 100 0.0 -21.7 220 53 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.8 1.69 14 350 8380 -28.1 -28.1 100 0.0 -28.1 225 60 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.7 1.08 15 300 9466 -36.6 -36.6 100 0.0 -36.6 232 67 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.55 16 250 10703 -46.1 -46.2 99 0.1 -46.1 236 75 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.5 0.24 17 200 12150 -56.8 -58.7 79 1.9 -56.9 241 83 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.1 0.07 18 150 13969 -58.3 -78.8 6 20.5 -58.5 244 60 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16451 -68.3 -83.7 9 15.5 -68.4 253 41 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.54 m Freezing level: 632.66 mb = 3889.53 m = 12760.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.50 mb = 3835.40 m = 12583.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.40 mb = 1015.92 m = 3333.03 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.07 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.10 mb = 1653.37 m = 5424.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 39.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.85 mb = 1403.93 m = 4606.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.85 mb = 2180.03 m = 7152.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.85 mb = 10998.61 m = 36084.25 ft B at Equ Level: 818.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.85 mb = 13606.50 m = 44640.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 70.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 33.88 Bulk Shear: 24.33 m/s