MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.38,-92.56 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 979 235 21.5 17.5 78 4.0 18.8 229 8 296.4 298.8 292.7 333.8 12.96 2 950 494 18.3 16.5 89 1.9 17.1 235 12 295.8 298.1 292.2 331.8 12.50 3 900 957 17.3 13.3 77 4.0 14.7 263 12 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.6 10.70 4 850 1444 15.5 9.0 65 6.5 11.6 251 16 302.4 304.0 291.0 327.7 8.50 5 800 1956 12.6 1.9 48 10.7 6.8 243 24 304.6 305.6 289.2 321.3 5.49 6 750 2494 9.3 -4.0 39 13.4 2.9 246 31 306.7 307.4 288.2 318.4 3.78 7 700 3063 5.7 -6.9 40 12.6 0.0 245 41 308.8 309.4 288.4 319.1 3.26 8 650 3663 0.8 -8.3 51 9.1 -3.1 249 49 309.8 310.4 288.6 319.8 3.13 9 600 4300 -4.0 -12.1 53 8.1 -7.1 243 51 311.5 312.0 288.6 319.6 2.52 10 550 4981 -8.7 -18.7 44 10.0 -11.8 239 57 313.8 314.1 288.4 319.1 1.59 11 500 5712 -13.2 -26.0 33 12.8 -16.3 240 61 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.1 0.92 12 450 6506 -18.5 -30.5 34 12.0 -20.9 239 63 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.67 13 400 7375 -24.3 -37.3 29 13.0 -26.2 238 66 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.8 0.39 14 350 8333 -31.5 -38.2 51 6.7 -32.3 233 73 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.40 15 300 9405 -39.9 -42.8 73 2.9 -40.1 231 80 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.29 16 250 10624 -48.9 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 237 96 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 17 200 12066 -53.2 -69.8 11 16.7 -53.5 247 88 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13903 -57.8 -78.9 5 21.1 -58.0 250 63 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16411 -65.7 -83.9 6 18.2 -65.8 242 37 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.77 m Freezing level: 641.99 mb = 3765.29 m = 12353.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.69 mb = 3066.20 m = 10059.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.54 mb = 735.78 m = 2413.96 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.35 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 1939.83 m = 6364.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 25.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.43 mb = 1105.74 m = 3627.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.43 mb = 3424.45 m = 11234.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.43 mb = 9879.80 m = 32413.63 ft B at Equ Level: 453.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.43 mb = 12084.12 m = 39645.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.2 neg: -19.9 tot: 121.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 4.29 Bulk Shear: 106.64 m/s