MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.92,-90.87 Latitude: 38.92 Longitude: -90.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 SFC 980 185 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.2 324 8 291.6 293.7 290.1 324.5 11.62 2 950 453 15.1 14.1 94 1.0 14.5 328 18 292.5 294.4 289.6 323.0 10.70 3 900 911 13.7 11.6 87 2.2 12.4 306 16 295.7 297.4 289.8 323.2 9.55 4 850 1392 12.1 10.0 86 2.2 10.8 259 19 298.9 300.5 290.4 325.4 9.08 5 800 1899 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.4 238 22 301.4 302.9 290.5 325.6 8.18 6 750 2433 6.7 5.5 92 1.2 6.0 230 36 303.8 305.2 290.7 326.6 7.58 7 700 2997 3.4 2.7 95 0.7 3.0 227 43 306.2 307.4 290.7 326.4 6.64 8 650 3596 0.4 0.0 97 0.4 0.3 225 51 309.5 310.6 291.1 327.8 5.92 9 600 4237 -2.0 -2.4 97 0.5 -2.2 220 59 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.6 5.33 10 550 4925 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 220 61 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.42 11 500 5668 -9.8 -10.5 95 0.6 -10.1 223 55 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.4 3.44 12 450 6474 -14.6 -15.0 96 0.4 -14.7 224 53 324.9 325.5 292.7 333.9 2.65 13 400 7356 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 220 56 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.2 1.90 14 350 8332 -27.0 -27.3 97 0.4 -27.1 213 55 332.4 332.7 293.4 336.6 1.16 15 300 9425 -34.7 -36.2 86 1.5 -34.9 207 57 336.4 336.6 294.0 338.6 0.58 16 250 10670 -45.2 -47.6 77 2.4 -45.4 205 61 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.21 17 200 12120 -56.4 -58.9 73 2.5 -56.5 213 62 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 13923 -61.3 -77.3 10 16.0 -61.4 255 63 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16423 -65.9 -83.8 6 17.9 -66.0 257 44 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.03 m Freezing level: 640.85 mb = 3713.50 m = 12183.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.84 mb = 3660.11 m = 12008.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.32 mb = 308.10 m = 1010.80 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 1.54 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1492.85 m = 4897.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 4.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7138.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.54 mb = 831.03 m = 2726.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 8.1 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.9 neg: -73.5 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 269.07 m/s