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: 38.23,-90.67 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 980 227 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.2 204 6 298.2 300.7 294.1 339.0 14.05 2 950 492 21.1 17.0 78 4.1 18.3 210 15 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.2 12.93 3 900 959 18.3 15.1 82 3.2 16.2 215 21 300.4 302.6 293.3 335.9 12.09 4 850 1447 14.9 13.0 88 1.9 13.7 218 24 301.8 303.9 293.0 334.7 11.15 5 800 1959 11.9 10.6 92 1.3 11.1 222 26 303.9 305.7 292.8 334.0 10.10 6 750 2498 8.6 7.3 92 1.3 7.8 227 27 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.8 8.60 7 700 3066 5.0 4.0 93 1.0 4.4 226 28 308.0 309.4 291.8 330.3 7.28 8 650 3667 1.4 -0.0 91 1.4 0.7 225 30 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.8 5.89 9 600 4308 -2.4 -2.9 97 0.5 -2.7 226 32 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.16 10 550 4993 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.2 228 36 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.88 11 500 5731 -11.0 -11.7 94 0.7 -11.2 228 40 319.7 320.3 291.7 330.0 3.13 12 450 6533 -15.8 -16.0 98 0.2 -15.9 230 44 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.7 2.45 13 400 7411 -21.5 -21.5 100 0.0 -21.5 230 47 327.1 327.4 292.6 333.1 1.72 14 350 8380 -29.1 -29.1 100 -0.0 -29.1 231 52 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.1 0.99 15 300 9462 -37.5 -37.5 100 -0.0 -37.5 233 56 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.5 0.51 16 250 10694 -47.2 -47.4 99 0.1 -47.3 239 59 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.21 17 200 12130 -57.9 -59.3 85 1.3 -58.0 242 73 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 13945 -59.1 -79.0 6 19.9 -59.3 246 73 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16438 -67.4 -83.8 8 16.4 -67.5 243 35 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.05 m Freezing level: 631.99 mb = 3897.82 m = 12787.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3790.47 m = 12435.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.40 mb = 793.77 m = 2604.19 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1449.36 m = 4755.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.86 mb = 1152.51 m = 3781.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.86 mb = 2118.61 m = 6950.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.86 mb = 10563.73 m = 34657.47 ft B at Equ Level: 586.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.86 mb = 13349.58 m = 43797.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 15.94 Bulk Shear: 36.83 m/s