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: 38.13,-95.95 Latitude: 38.13 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 964 340 22.0 14.1 61 7.9 16.9 257 11 298.3 300.2 291.5 329.0 10.57 2 950 468 21.8 12.4 55 9.4 15.8 261 16 299.3 301.0 290.9 327.3 9.56 3 900 934 17.7 10.4 62 7.3 13.2 276 15 299.8 301.4 290.5 325.8 8.84 4 850 1419 13.4 8.5 72 4.9 10.5 288 13 300.2 301.7 290.1 324.5 8.24 5 800 1927 9.6 5.9 78 3.7 7.5 301 12 301.4 302.7 289.7 323.0 7.28 6 750 2460 5.8 0.9 71 4.9 3.3 313 12 302.9 303.9 288.5 319.4 5.47 7 700 3020 1.4 -2.2 77 3.6 -0.3 314 14 304.0 304.9 288.2 318.3 4.66 8 650 3613 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 309 16 305.9 306.7 288.3 318.8 4.20 9 600 4243 -5.8 -6.9 92 1.1 -6.2 295 17 309.4 310.2 289.2 321.4 3.80 10 550 4921 -9.0 -10.1 92 1.1 -9.5 252 18 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.7 3.22 11 500 5653 -13.0 -13.6 95 0.6 -13.2 223 27 317.1 317.7 290.5 325.9 2.68 12 450 6449 -17.4 -17.4 100 0.0 -17.4 209 39 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.16 13 400 7322 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 204 53 325.5 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.55 14 350 8289 -29.4 -29.5 99 0.1 -29.4 194 61 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.5 0.95 15 300 9370 -37.8 -37.8 100 0.0 -37.8 193 65 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.9 0.49 16 250 10598 -46.4 -48.1 83 1.7 -46.6 209 61 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.20 17 200 12077 -49.8 -72.9 5 23.1 -50.3 240 62 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13914 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.5 -59.3 259 56 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16403 -64.4 -84.2 5 19.8 -64.6 256 45 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.79 m Freezing level: 682.98 mb = 3221.79 m = 10570.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.20 mb = 2971.51 m = 9748.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.88 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.58 mb = 1334.08 m = 4376.85 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2022.07 m = 6634.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 0.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.77 mb = 1773.73 m = 5819.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.77 mb = 2462.07 m = 8077.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.77 mb = 5656.35 m = 18557.34 ft B at Equ Level: 153.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.77 mb = 7891.24 m = 25889.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.8 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 296.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -159.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -5.1 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 149.00 Bulk Shear: 1.03 m/s