MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.3,-93.36 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -93.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 964 361 21.3 18.2 83 3.1 19.2 209 12 297.5 300.0 293.7 337.3 13.75 2 950 491 20.5 17.2 81 3.3 18.2 214 19 298.0 300.3 293.3 335.9 13.08 3 900 957 17.3 14.8 86 2.4 15.7 218 23 299.3 301.5 292.8 334.0 11.88 4 850 1443 14.3 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 222 23 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.52 5 800 1954 11.1 9.1 87 2.0 9.9 224 23 303.0 304.7 291.7 330.1 9.10 6 750 2490 8.3 6.0 86 2.2 7.0 222 23 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.3 7.87 7 700 3058 5.0 3.4 89 1.6 4.1 215 22 308.0 309.3 291.6 329.4 6.99 8 650 3659 0.6 0.0 96 0.6 0.3 214 24 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.0 5.91 9 600 4298 -3.3 -3.8 96 0.5 -3.6 212 31 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.4 4.80 10 550 4981 -7.1 -7.7 96 0.5 -7.4 211 38 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.2 3.91 11 500 5719 -11.3 -11.9 95 0.7 -11.5 207 44 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.4 3.06 12 450 6520 -15.8 -16.2 96 0.4 -15.9 204 44 323.4 323.9 292.1 331.5 2.40 13 400 7398 -21.6 -21.7 100 0.1 -21.7 209 46 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.7 1.69 14 350 8368 -29.0 -29.0 99 0.1 -29.0 218 47 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.3 0.99 15 300 9450 -37.4 -37.5 99 0.1 -37.5 221 45 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.5 0.50 16 250 10681 -47.7 -47.9 98 0.2 -47.7 230 60 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12118 -55.9 -60.2 59 4.3 -56.0 242 100 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 13951 -57.4 -79.2 5 21.8 -57.6 251 61 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16445 -67.6 -83.8 8 16.3 -67.7 249 40 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.90 m Freezing level: 641.92 mb = 3762.18 m = 12342.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.96 mb = 3708.75 m = 12167.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.58 mb = 752.57 m = 2469.02 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.05 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1416.00 m = 4645.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 405.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.83 mb = 1169.06 m = 3835.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.83 mb = 1923.85 m = 6311.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.83 mb = 9613.66 m = 31540.49 ft B at Equ Level: 405.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.83 mb = 12689.92 m = 41633.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -5.1 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 30.67 Bulk Shear: 13.22 m/s