MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.22,-92.96 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 959 392 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 272 9 293.8 296.0 291.3 328.5 12.17 2 950 469 16.8 15.6 92 1.2 16.0 271 15 294.2 296.4 291.2 328.0 11.80 3 900 929 15.5 12.2 81 3.3 13.4 260 32 297.4 299.2 290.6 326.3 9.94 4 850 1413 13.8 9.2 74 4.6 11.0 249 34 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.1 8.64 5 800 1924 11.5 6.9 73 4.6 8.8 245 35 303.4 304.9 290.8 326.9 7.83 6 750 2461 8.3 4.5 77 3.8 6.1 236 39 305.6 306.9 290.8 326.9 7.03 7 700 3029 4.9 2.4 83 2.6 3.5 230 40 307.9 309.2 291.1 327.8 6.49 8 650 3631 1.4 0.2 92 1.2 0.8 221 45 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.1 5.99 9 600 4273 -1.4 -2.3 93 0.9 -1.9 216 49 314.5 315.5 292.1 331.5 5.38 10 550 4963 -5.1 -5.9 94 0.9 -5.5 215 52 318.1 318.9 292.4 332.5 4.46 11 500 5707 -9.4 -10.1 95 0.7 -9.7 212 53 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.3 3.55 12 450 6514 -14.5 -14.9 97 0.3 -14.6 216 51 325.0 325.5 292.8 334.0 2.68 13 400 7396 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 217 54 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.8 1.87 14 350 8370 -27.4 -27.5 99 0.1 -27.4 215 53 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.15 15 300 9461 -35.4 -35.4 100 0.0 -35.4 211 60 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.9 0.62 16 250 10704 -45.5 -45.5 100 -0.0 -45.5 209 62 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 17 200 12152 -55.8 -59.7 62 3.9 -55.9 225 56 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.06 18 150 13956 -63.0 -75.7 16 12.8 -63.1 259 66 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16437 -66.4 -83.8 7 17.4 -66.5 247 39 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.18 m Freezing level: 624.81 mb = 3954.42 m = 12973.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 3815.76 m = 12518.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.69 % Est. max temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.67 mb = 507.84 m = 1666.12 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.44 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2054.88 m = 6741.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6721.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.75 mb = 1209.23 m = 3967.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -41.1 tot: -41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 112.26 m/s