MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-92.33 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -92.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 963 374 23.1 19.1 79 3.9 20.4 204 9 299.4 302.1 294.8 342.1 14.63 2 950 494 22.7 17.4 72 5.3 19.1 204 17 300.2 302.6 294.1 339.0 13.24 3 900 963 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.7 204 22 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.6 12.51 4 850 1452 15.6 13.3 86 2.3 14.1 209 24 302.5 304.6 293.3 336.0 11.33 5 800 1965 12.6 10.8 88 1.9 11.5 217 25 304.6 306.5 293.1 335.2 10.22 6 750 2505 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.8 214 25 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.9 9.34 7 700 3074 5.6 4.0 89 1.6 4.7 209 26 308.7 310.1 292.0 331.1 7.32 8 650 3677 2.0 -2.2 74 4.2 -0.1 205 32 311.2 312.2 290.8 326.9 5.01 9 600 4318 -2.6 -6.3 76 3.7 -4.3 203 38 313.2 313.9 290.5 325.8 3.99 10 550 5002 -7.5 -8.4 94 0.9 -7.9 207 43 315.2 315.9 290.9 327.0 3.70 11 500 5739 -11.7 -12.1 97 0.4 -11.9 217 49 318.8 319.3 291.3 328.7 3.03 12 450 6538 -16.4 -19.3 79 2.8 -17.3 218 50 322.6 322.9 291.4 328.9 1.85 13 400 7415 -21.6 -23.5 85 1.9 -22.1 224 60 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.9 1.43 14 350 8386 -27.8 -27.8 100 0.0 -27.8 233 70 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.3 1.11 15 300 9474 -36.4 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.4 243 65 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10710 -46.7 -46.9 97 0.2 -46.7 245 77 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.22 17 200 12152 -57.2 -58.7 82 1.5 -57.2 247 69 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.07 18 150 13976 -59.1 -78.8 6 19.6 -59.3 244 65 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16453 -68.1 -83.9 9 15.7 -68.2 251 42 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.82 m Freezing level: 628.12 mb = 3957.58 m = 12984.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.01 mb = 3664.44 m = 12022.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.41 mb = 872.73 m = 2863.26 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 16.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1601.02 m = 5252.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 38.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.25 mb = 1319.57 m = 4329.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.25 mb = 2195.46 m = 7202.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.25 mb = 11021.16 m = 36158.21 ft B at Equ Level: 766.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.25 mb = 13636.07 m = 44737.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 24.79 Bulk Shear: 31.08 m/s