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: 37.46,-92.66 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -92.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 962 373 17.3 16.5 95 0.9 16.8 266 11 293.7 295.9 291.4 328.9 12.34 2 950 476 16.5 15.7 95 0.9 16.0 263 19 294.0 296.1 291.1 327.8 11.85 3 900 936 14.4 11.9 85 2.5 12.9 256 32 296.4 298.1 290.2 324.6 9.76 4 850 1419 13.4 9.2 75 4.2 10.9 244 34 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.6 8.62 5 800 1928 11.1 6.6 74 4.5 8.5 232 35 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.9 7.65 6 750 2465 8.1 3.9 75 4.1 5.8 225 39 305.3 306.6 290.5 325.9 6.79 7 700 3032 4.5 1.7 82 2.8 3.0 226 45 307.5 308.6 290.7 326.5 6.21 8 650 3633 1.5 -0.4 87 1.9 0.5 232 51 310.7 311.7 291.3 328.4 5.71 9 600 4275 -2.0 -3.1 92 1.1 -2.6 229 60 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.8 5.06 10 550 4963 -5.7 -6.9 92 1.2 -6.2 233 63 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.6 4.15 11 500 5705 -9.8 -10.9 92 1.0 -10.2 234 61 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.1 3.34 12 450 6511 -14.6 -15.1 95 0.6 -14.7 230 56 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.8 2.62 13 400 7394 -20.1 -20.1 100 0.0 -20.1 225 51 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.94 14 350 8371 -27.0 -27.0 100 -0.0 -26.9 222 45 332.4 332.7 293.5 336.7 1.20 15 300 9462 -35.8 -35.8 100 -0.0 -35.8 220 50 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.60 16 250 10701 -46.8 -46.8 100 -0.0 -46.8 215 59 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.23 17 200 12139 -58.4 -58.7 97 0.3 -58.4 216 61 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 18 150 13937 -61.0 -77.4 10 16.4 -61.2 268 68 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16430 -67.3 -83.7 8 16.4 -67.4 244 41 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.86 m Freezing level: 628.66 mb = 3907.16 m = 12818.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.98 mb = 3732.70 m = 12246.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.71 mb = 478.97 m = 1571.41 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 1956.75 m = 6419.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 3.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6728.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.87 mb = 1107.78 m = 3634.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 6.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 108.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 111.61 m/s