MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 6Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.24,-93.68 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -93.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 979 265 18.7 14.6 77 4.2 16.1 157 15 293.6 295.5 290.0 324.2 10.70 2 950 527 18.0 14.0 78 3.9 15.4 163 32 295.4 297.3 290.6 326.1 10.66 3 900 992 19.6 12.1 62 7.5 14.8 192 50 301.7 303.5 292.0 331.0 9.90 4 850 1483 16.7 9.5 62 7.2 12.3 205 48 303.7 305.3 291.7 329.9 8.80 5 800 1996 12.5 8.1 75 4.4 9.9 213 43 304.5 306.1 291.7 330.0 8.51 6 750 2535 8.8 5.8 81 3.1 7.1 214 36 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.6 7.72 7 700 3103 5.4 2.4 81 3.0 3.7 209 33 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.3 6.49 8 650 3705 1.5 -0.7 85 2.2 0.4 203 29 310.7 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.60 9 600 4346 -2.4 -8.0 65 5.6 -4.8 208 28 313.3 314.0 290.1 324.5 3.48 10 550 5031 -7.1 -11.1 73 4.0 -8.7 223 31 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.3 2.97 11 500 5767 -11.9 -17.0 66 5.1 -13.6 220 30 318.5 318.9 290.3 325.3 2.01 12 450 6566 -16.9 -17.7 93 0.8 -17.1 229 33 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.1 2.11 13 400 7440 -22.9 -24.8 84 1.9 -23.3 230 31 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.8 1.28 14 350 8403 -30.7 -33.1 79 2.4 -31.0 234 34 327.4 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.67 15 300 9478 -39.5 -39.6 99 0.1 -39.5 232 41 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10697 -49.9 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 234 47 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.16 17 200 12116 -60.7 -60.9 97 0.2 -60.7 235 56 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 18 150 13885 -65.6 -76.0 22 10.4 -65.7 223 37 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16367 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 243 33 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.08 m Freezing level: 630.79 mb = 3951.01 m = 12962.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3748.80 m = 12299.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.98 mb = 793.96 m = 2604.82 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2324.25 m = 7625.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4754.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.85 mb = 1443.96 m = 4737.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 480.4 neg: -40.9 tot: 439.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 67.03 m/s