MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.03,-94.37 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 978 253 19.5 16.0 80 3.6 17.2 180 20 294.5 296.6 291.2 328.1 11.74 2 950 506 18.1 14.3 79 3.8 15.7 181 37 295.5 297.5 290.8 326.8 10.85 3 900 967 15.0 12.4 85 2.5 13.4 188 49 296.9 298.7 290.6 326.3 10.13 4 850 1452 15.0 8.7 66 6.4 11.2 204 58 301.9 303.4 290.7 326.6 8.32 5 800 1964 13.9 6.9 63 7.0 9.7 210 49 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.7 7.84 6 750 2506 10.3 3.2 61 7.1 6.3 210 44 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.4 6.43 7 700 3075 5.9 -0.4 64 6.3 2.6 208 42 309.0 310.0 290.4 325.4 5.31 8 650 3677 1.3 -3.8 69 5.1 -1.1 210 42 310.5 311.3 290.1 324.4 4.45 9 600 4317 -3.3 -7.4 73 4.1 -5.1 214 43 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.9 3.65 10 550 4998 -8.4 -10.2 87 1.8 -9.1 216 45 314.1 314.8 290.1 324.5 3.21 11 500 5732 -13.0 -14.6 88 1.6 -13.6 212 50 317.2 317.6 290.3 325.3 2.46 12 450 6527 -18.1 -19.2 91 1.1 -18.4 213 53 320.5 320.8 290.8 326.8 1.86 13 400 7396 -24.2 -24.6 97 0.4 -24.3 223 58 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.0 1.30 14 350 8355 -31.6 -31.8 98 0.2 -31.6 214 61 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.76 15 300 9425 -40.4 -40.3 100 -0.0 -40.4 219 58 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.38 16 250 10640 -50.4 -50.4 100 0.0 -50.4 229 58 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 17 200 12059 -61.0 -61.2 98 0.2 -61.0 213 57 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 18 150 13835 -63.4 -77.2 14 13.8 -63.5 223 31 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16340 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.4 -62.0 235 22 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.85 m Freezing level: 635.53 mb = 3862.41 m = 12671.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.81 mb = 3494.39 m = 11464.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.27 mb = 702.96 m = 2306.27 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.81 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2505.52 m = 8220.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 30.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 347.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.71 mb = 1131.22 m = 3711.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.71 mb = 4750.09 m = 15584.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.71 mb = 6075.65 m = 19932.98 ft B at Equ Level: 22.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.71 mb = 7437.10 m = 24399.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 416.2 neg: -37.4 tot: 378.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 57.98 m/s