MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 38.57,-94.29 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 986 271 17.1 -3.7 24 20.8 7.6 311 15 291.4 291.9 281.4 300.1 2.94 2 950 584 13.1 -5.6 27 18.7 5.1 310 25 290.5 291.0 280.6 298.3 2.65 3 900 1034 8.8 -6.4 34 15.1 2.5 310 26 290.5 291.0 280.6 298.3 2.64 4 850 1503 4.3 -7.2 43 11.5 -0.3 309 26 290.7 291.1 280.6 298.4 2.62 5 800 1992 1.5 -11.9 36 13.4 -3.2 316 32 292.8 293.1 280.7 298.6 1.92 6 750 2514 3.3 -31.0 6 34.3 -5.0 322 46 300.1 300.2 281.9 301.4 0.38 7 700 3071 1.3 -30.9 7 32.2 -6.5 319 50 304.0 304.0 283.5 305.4 0.42 8 650 3663 -1.5 -32.5 7 31.0 -8.6 318 53 307.2 307.3 284.8 308.6 0.38 9 600 4296 -5.2 -27.4 15 22.3 -10.7 315 58 310.2 310.3 286.2 312.4 0.67 10 550 4974 -9.0 -28.7 19 19.7 -13.6 309 63 313.4 313.6 287.3 315.7 0.65 11 500 5706 -12.6 -28.6 25 16.0 -16.3 310 73 317.7 317.9 288.8 320.2 0.72 12 450 6502 -18.0 -30.7 32 12.7 -20.5 312 80 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.9 0.66 13 400 7372 -23.8 -39.1 23 15.3 -25.9 313 90 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.32 14 350 8333 -30.4 -46.6 19 16.1 -31.9 315 95 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 15 300 9411 -38.8 -50.9 27 12.1 -39.6 311 103 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.12 16 250 10635 -48.5 -58.3 31 9.8 -48.8 302 106 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12070 -58.3 -67.2 31 8.9 -58.4 302 98 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 18 150 13850 -63.2 -76.1 16 12.9 -63.3 305 86 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16331 -64.9 -83.3 6 18.4 -65.0 296 57 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.94 m Freezing level: 676.77 mb = 3346.12 m = 10977.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 854.96 mb = 1455.06 m = 4773.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.55 % Est. max temperature: 16.93 C = 62.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.07 mb = 2842.75 m = 9326.49 ft T: 2.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 487.89 mb = 5891.27 m = 19328.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.96 C = 111.13 F Cap Strength: 15.12 C Lifted Index: 17.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.56 C Showalter Index: 17.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.88 C Cross Totals Index: 5.39 C K Index: -22.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14622.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.96 mb = 2900.20 m = 9514.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 159.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 97.40 m/s