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: 37.22,-92.64 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 962 378 24.4 18.7 70 5.7 20.5 195 10 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.8 14.26 2 950 486 23.0 17.3 71 5.6 19.1 197 16 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.2 13.20 3 900 954 18.8 15.7 82 3.2 16.7 204 21 300.9 303.2 293.8 337.8 12.54 4 850 1444 15.9 12.2 79 3.7 13.6 216 24 302.8 304.8 292.9 334.2 10.58 5 800 1958 13.3 8.7 74 4.6 10.5 225 25 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.0 8.88 6 750 2498 9.8 6.3 79 3.5 7.7 229 25 307.2 308.7 292.1 331.4 7.99 7 700 3068 5.5 3.7 88 1.8 4.5 224 25 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.6 7.17 8 650 3670 1.8 0.3 90 1.4 1.0 208 29 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.8 6.05 9 600 4311 -2.6 -4.3 88 1.7 -3.4 201 37 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.8 4.63 10 550 4996 -6.9 -7.5 95 0.6 -7.2 206 44 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.6 3.95 11 500 5735 -11.1 -12.7 88 1.6 -11.7 216 45 319.6 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.89 12 450 6537 -15.7 -17.6 85 1.9 -16.3 219 45 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.7 2.13 13 400 7415 -21.7 -22.8 91 1.1 -22.0 221 48 326.8 327.1 292.3 332.2 1.54 14 350 8385 -28.6 -28.8 98 0.2 -28.7 223 57 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.8 1.01 15 300 9470 -36.8 -36.8 100 -0.0 -36.8 227 68 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.6 0.54 16 250 10704 -46.7 -47.0 97 0.3 -46.7 237 85 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.22 17 200 12149 -55.8 -59.4 64 3.6 -55.9 241 81 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.06 18 150 13968 -59.3 -78.4 7 19.1 -59.5 243 64 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16447 -68.2 -83.7 9 15.5 -68.3 252 44 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.63 m Freezing level: 629.54 mb = 3932.66 m = 12902.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.52 mb = 3813.10 m = 12510.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.55 mb = 1102.74 m = 3617.87 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 15.04 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1789.61 m = 5871.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 740.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.12 mb = 1372.52 m = 4502.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.12 mb = 2585.39 m = 8482.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.12 mb = 10911.66 m = 35798.96 ft B at Equ Level: 736.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.12 mb = 13477.14 m = 44215.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 22.99 Bulk Shear: 32.22 m/s