MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.21,-93.28 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 962 376 17.1 16.1 94 1.0 16.5 246 10 293.6 295.7 291.2 328.0 12.09 2 950 480 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.8 249 16 293.9 296.0 290.9 327.2 11.64 3 900 940 15.0 11.9 82 3.1 13.0 248 27 296.9 298.7 290.3 325.2 9.76 4 850 1423 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 235 29 300.0 301.6 290.3 325.0 8.46 5 800 1932 10.7 6.9 77 3.8 8.5 228 37 302.6 304.0 290.6 326.0 7.84 6 750 2468 7.7 4.7 81 3.0 6.1 229 43 305.0 306.3 290.7 326.6 7.18 7 700 3034 4.1 2.7 91 1.4 3.4 222 46 307.0 308.3 291.0 327.3 6.66 8 650 3634 1.0 0.4 96 0.6 0.7 216 53 310.1 311.2 291.4 328.8 6.05 9 600 4275 -2.1 -2.6 96 0.5 -2.3 219 59 313.7 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.28 10 550 4963 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 220 61 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.1 4.29 11 500 5705 -9.8 -10.5 94 0.8 -10.1 222 59 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.4 3.43 12 450 6511 -14.7 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 223 54 324.7 325.2 292.7 333.5 2.61 13 400 7392 -20.8 -20.8 99 0.1 -20.8 224 50 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.3 1.82 14 350 8365 -27.8 -27.9 100 0.0 -27.8 227 47 331.2 331.5 293.1 335.2 1.11 15 300 9453 -36.2 -36.2 100 -0.0 -36.2 216 42 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.5 0.58 16 250 10692 -45.8 -45.8 100 -0.0 -45.9 203 40 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12143 -54.8 -61.7 42 6.9 -54.9 234 58 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 13954 -61.8 -76.9 12 15.1 -62.0 261 63 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16433 -66.7 -83.7 7 17.0 -66.8 248 42 398.9 398.9 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.77 m Freezing level: 633.84 mb = 3841.30 m = 12602.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.88 mb = 3772.26 m = 12376.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.70 mb = 500.58 m = 1642.29 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 3.08 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.71 mb = 1893.09 m = 6210.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 30.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6354.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.17 mb = 1157.16 m = 3796.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 5.3 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 123.89 m/s