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: 37.23,-89.95 Latitude: 37.23 Longitude: -89.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 989 162 27.7 17.5 54 10.2 20.6 208 14 301.8 304.1 294.2 339.5 12.79 2 950 512 22.8 16.1 66 6.8 18.3 207 22 300.4 302.6 293.3 336.0 12.17 3 900 980 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 207 23 300.6 302.8 293.3 336.2 12.13 4 850 1468 15.4 13.5 88 1.9 14.2 214 25 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.5 11.54 5 800 1981 12.4 10.6 89 1.8 11.3 218 26 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.4 10.07 6 750 2520 9.0 6.5 84 2.5 7.5 218 24 306.4 307.9 292.0 330.9 8.11 7 700 3089 5.8 2.9 82 2.8 4.2 218 24 308.9 310.1 291.6 329.7 6.77 8 650 3694 3.1 -4.8 56 7.9 -0.7 218 26 312.4 313.2 290.4 325.5 4.13 9 600 4337 -1.2 -9.4 54 8.2 -4.7 220 30 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.8 3.13 10 550 5024 -6.4 -11.6 67 5.2 -8.5 224 35 316.5 317.0 290.5 325.8 2.86 11 500 5762 -11.8 -16.8 67 5.0 -13.5 228 39 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.5 2.05 12 450 6562 -15.7 -22.9 54 7.2 -17.6 225 42 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.2 1.35 13 400 7442 -20.5 -34.5 28 14.0 -23.1 235 51 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.51 14 350 8415 -28.5 -34.7 55 6.2 -29.5 240 55 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.5 0.58 15 300 9500 -36.9 -37.4 95 0.5 -36.9 242 57 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.3 0.51 16 250 10733 -47.3 -47.3 100 -0.0 -47.3 241 63 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.21 17 200 12173 -54.7 -63.2 34 8.5 -54.9 250 84 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 13994 -61.0 -79.3 7 18.4 -61.2 250 75 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.7 -83.7 10 14.9 -68.8 256 34 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.60 m Freezing level: 614.03 mb = 4156.49 m = 13636.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.03 mb = 3605.86 m = 11830.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.14 mb = 1446.72 m = 4746.39 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1706.78 m = 5599.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 38.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.22 mb = 1396.00 m = 4580.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.22 mb = 2276.28 m = 7468.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.22 mb = 10937.24 m = 35882.89 ft B at Equ Level: 465.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.22 mb = 12762.75 m = 41872.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -7.3 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 35.57 Bulk Shear: 13.35 m/s