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: 38.05,-89.63 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -89.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 986 146 28.1 16.9 51 11.2 20.4 183 15 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.0 12.38 2 950 475 24.8 15.7 57 9.2 18.7 186 29 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.5 11.86 3 900 946 20.4 14.6 69 5.8 16.5 189 34 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.1 11.67 4 850 1437 15.9 13.3 84 2.6 14.2 194 35 302.8 304.9 293.4 336.5 11.37 5 800 1950 11.8 11.3 96 0.6 11.5 198 35 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.2 10.56 6 750 2488 9.0 8.3 96 0.6 8.6 202 34 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.2 9.22 7 700 3057 6.2 2.2 76 4.0 4.0 205 32 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.1 6.41 8 650 3662 2.9 -3.3 64 6.2 -0.1 208 34 312.3 313.2 290.8 326.9 4.62 9 600 4305 -1.6 -8.5 60 6.8 -4.6 211 38 314.2 314.9 290.3 325.0 3.36 10 550 4991 -7.2 -9.7 82 2.6 -8.2 214 43 315.6 316.2 290.6 326.3 3.32 11 500 5727 -12.3 -14.6 83 2.3 -13.1 218 48 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.2 2.47 12 450 6524 -17.4 -20.5 76 3.1 -18.3 225 56 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.0 1.66 13 400 7398 -22.7 -24.4 86 1.7 -23.1 228 60 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.1 1.33 14 350 8365 -28.8 -28.8 100 -0.0 -28.8 236 68 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.6 1.02 15 300 9451 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.6 251 70 333.7 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.55 16 250 10686 -46.6 -46.6 100 0.0 -46.6 254 72 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.23 17 200 12128 -57.8 -58.3 94 0.5 -57.8 255 65 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 13945 -58.8 -79.4 5 20.5 -59.0 249 62 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16435 -66.9 -83.9 7 17.0 -67.0 249 39 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.56 m Freezing level: 617.92 mb = 4074.50 m = 13367.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.54 mb = 3642.50 m = 11950.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.01 mb = 1557.30 m = 5109.18 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1755.87 m = 5760.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.00 mb = 1638.43 m = 5375.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.00 mb = 1896.98 m = 6223.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.00 mb = 10816.77 m = 35487.65 ft B at Equ Level: 760.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.00 mb = 13737.59 m = 45070.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 143.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 22.43 Bulk Shear: 34.06 m/s