MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-89.03 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 989 135 28.1 16.1 48 12.0 19.9 182 16 302.2 304.4 293.5 336.8 11.70 2 950 485 24.6 15.1 55 9.5 18.2 186 30 302.2 304.3 293.3 335.9 11.42 3 900 955 20.0 14.1 69 5.9 16.1 189 33 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.6 11.31 4 850 1445 15.7 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 194 33 302.5 304.6 293.0 335.0 10.97 5 800 1957 11.8 10.9 95 0.8 11.3 199 31 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.32 6 750 2495 8.6 7.9 95 0.8 8.2 208 29 306.0 307.6 292.5 332.9 8.94 7 700 3064 6.4 2.3 75 4.1 4.1 208 28 309.5 310.8 291.6 329.5 6.46 8 650 3670 3.5 -5.6 51 9.1 -0.8 209 31 312.9 313.6 290.3 325.2 3.86 9 600 4314 -1.1 -10.3 50 9.2 -5.0 211 35 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.2 2.91 10 550 5001 -6.7 -9.6 80 2.8 -7.9 217 41 316.1 316.7 290.9 327.0 3.36 11 500 5737 -12.4 -14.4 84 2.1 -13.1 221 45 318.0 318.4 290.6 326.2 2.50 12 450 6534 -17.1 -24.0 55 6.9 -18.9 225 53 321.7 321.9 290.6 325.9 1.22 13 400 7411 -21.5 -32.1 38 10.6 -23.5 229 61 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.4 0.65 14 350 8379 -29.7 -32.4 77 2.7 -30.1 233 66 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.72 15 300 9462 -36.5 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.4 244 73 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10697 -47.0 -47.0 100 -0.0 -47.0 254 73 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.22 17 200 12137 -57.4 -57.5 98 0.1 -57.4 247 69 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.08 18 150 13954 -59.1 -79.1 6 19.9 -59.3 245 66 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16441 -67.5 -83.9 8 16.4 -67.6 251 39 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.03 m Freezing level: 612.42 mb = 4153.95 m = 13628.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.13 mb = 3568.23 m = 11706.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.70 mb = 1649.51 m = 5411.72 ft T: 14.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 12.62 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.62 mb = 1835.63 m = 6022.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.18 mb = 1685.45 m = 5529.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.18 mb = 2049.88 m = 6725.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.18 mb = 3287.02 m = 10784.06 ft B at Equ Level: 10.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.18 mb = 13119.69 m = 43043.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 117.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 17.10 Bulk Shear: 28.12 m/s