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: 38.03,-93.11 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 971 288 24.3 18.6 70 5.8 20.4 232 6 300.0 302.6 294.6 340.9 13.99 2 950 476 22.2 17.3 74 4.9 18.9 233 11 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.3 13.19 3 900 943 17.9 16.2 90 1.7 16.7 233 14 299.9 302.3 293.8 337.8 12.95 4 850 1431 14.9 13.1 89 1.8 13.7 233 22 301.8 303.8 293.0 334.9 11.22 5 800 1944 13.0 10.1 82 2.9 11.2 226 29 305.0 306.8 292.8 334.1 9.72 6 750 2484 9.7 7.4 86 2.2 8.3 220 29 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.3 8.67 7 700 3054 5.7 3.9 88 1.8 4.7 221 26 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.1 7.26 8 650 3656 1.3 -0.5 88 1.8 0.4 229 27 310.5 311.5 291.2 328.2 5.70 9 600 4296 -3.2 -5.7 83 2.4 -4.3 234 29 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.6 4.18 10 550 4979 -7.7 -9.4 87 1.7 -8.4 227 36 315.0 315.6 290.6 325.9 3.41 11 500 5715 -11.5 -12.3 94 0.7 -11.8 219 44 319.0 319.5 291.4 328.8 2.98 12 450 6516 -16.3 -16.7 97 0.4 -16.4 215 47 322.8 323.2 291.9 330.5 2.30 13 400 7392 -22.4 -22.6 98 0.2 -22.5 213 47 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.2 1.55 14 350 8358 -30.1 -30.1 99 0.1 -30.1 216 45 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.89 15 300 9436 -38.5 -38.5 100 -0.0 -38.5 215 53 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10662 -47.8 -47.9 99 0.1 -47.8 226 81 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12110 -54.0 -65.2 24 11.2 -54.2 242 83 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 13936 -58.8 -78.5 6 19.7 -59.0 244 68 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16428 -67.4 -83.7 8 16.4 -67.5 245 41 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.31 m Freezing level: 635.56 mb = 3841.14 m = 12602.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.04 mb = 3705.23 m = 12156.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.29 mb = 1016.45 m = 3334.78 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1335.09 m = 4380.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1032.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.88 mb = 1165.01 m = 3822.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.88 mb = 2463.10 m = 8080.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.88 mb = 11149.79 m = 36580.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1019.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.88 mb = 13856.32 m = 45459.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -13.9 tot: 35.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 23.14 Bulk Shear: 44.64 m/s