MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.25,-93.31 Latitude: 37.25 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 963 370 16.0 15.2 95 0.9 15.5 255 12 292.3 294.3 290.1 324.5 11.33 2 950 485 15.5 14.6 95 0.8 14.9 258 20 292.9 294.8 290.1 324.4 11.07 3 900 942 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.6 270 31 294.8 296.6 289.9 323.9 10.15 4 850 1421 10.3 10.1 98 0.2 10.2 278 30 297.0 298.6 289.8 323.6 9.16 5 800 1925 7.7 7.4 98 0.2 7.5 276 27 299.3 300.8 289.7 323.2 8.11 6 750 2455 5.0 4.5 97 0.5 4.7 273 25 302.0 303.3 289.7 323.1 7.06 7 700 3015 1.8 1.1 95 0.7 1.4 267 25 304.5 305.6 289.5 322.5 5.94 8 650 3610 -1.4 -2.6 91 1.2 -2.0 257 28 307.4 308.3 289.5 322.4 4.86 9 600 4244 -5.0 -7.6 82 2.7 -6.1 248 33 310.4 311.1 289.3 321.7 3.59 10 550 4923 -8.6 -10.7 85 2.1 -9.4 234 38 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.8 3.07 11 500 5658 -11.5 -14.0 82 2.5 -12.4 215 58 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.6 2.59 12 450 6463 -14.0 -22.6 48 8.6 -16.4 212 62 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.5 1.39 13 400 7346 -20.0 -30.8 38 10.7 -22.2 211 64 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.74 14 350 8321 -27.4 -42.4 23 15.0 -29.2 215 60 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.26 15 300 9413 -35.1 -54.3 12 19.2 -36.4 206 55 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 16 250 10661 -43.1 -64.0 8 20.9 -43.9 210 56 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12135 -52.9 -68.6 13 15.7 -53.2 229 76 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13955 -60.6 -77.8 9 17.2 -60.7 240 63 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16439 -64.1 -83.9 5 19.8 -64.3 274 42 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.91 m Freezing level: 671.75 mb = 3351.28 m = 10994.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.02 mb = 3259.48 m = 10693.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.47 % Est. max temperature: 22.33 C = 72.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.98 mb = 476.08 m = 1561.93 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 2.75 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 964.10 m = 3163.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.55 C = 65.40 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: 2.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 31.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.73 mb = 897.94 m = 2945.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.73 mb = 1424.07 m = 4672.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.73 mb = 4116.77 m = 13506.30 ft B at Equ Level: 29.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 519.73 mb = 5359.79 m = 17584.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 35.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 30.44 m/s