MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.3,-91.6 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -91.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 966 348 14.9 12.6 86 2.2 13.5 311 12 290.9 292.6 288.1 317.9 9.53 2 950 486 14.5 11.5 82 3.0 12.7 314 23 291.9 293.5 287.9 317.5 9.00 3 900 941 11.9 8.1 77 3.8 9.7 324 35 293.8 295.1 287.2 315.5 7.54 4 850 1419 10.4 3.8 64 6.6 6.9 325 42 297.0 298.1 286.9 314.4 5.92 5 800 1921 7.5 2.2 69 5.3 4.8 318 42 299.2 300.2 287.3 315.9 5.61 6 750 2450 3.9 1.1 82 2.8 2.5 304 40 300.8 301.8 287.9 317.4 5.53 7 700 3007 0.8 -1.1 87 1.9 -0.1 282 33 303.4 304.3 288.3 318.8 5.06 8 650 3601 -1.6 -4.8 78 3.3 -3.0 259 38 307.2 308.0 288.7 319.9 4.11 9 600 4235 -4.6 -8.7 73 4.1 -6.3 260 43 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.3 3.30 10 550 4915 -8.8 -12.8 73 4.0 -10.3 254 43 313.6 314.1 289.3 322.0 2.59 11 500 5647 -13.2 -20.8 53 7.6 -15.3 243 57 317.0 317.2 289.3 321.9 1.46 12 450 6443 -17.5 -37.5 16 20.0 -20.8 236 66 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.34 13 400 7318 -20.7 -52.7 4 32.0 -24.2 223 76 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.07 14 350 8296 -25.7 -56.8 4 31.0 -28.4 217 77 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.05 15 300 9393 -34.0 -58.4 7 24.3 -35.5 201 73 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 16 250 10650 -41.8 -65.3 6 23.5 -42.7 204 79 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12129 -50.3 -71.0 7 20.7 -50.8 237 73 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13961 -61.3 -77.6 10 16.3 -61.4 244 76 364.4 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16452 -63.6 -84.1 5 20.5 -63.8 253 30 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.80 m Freezing level: 682.64 mb = 3213.59 m = 10543.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.89 mb = 2985.66 m = 9795.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 22.36 C = 72.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.69 mb = 631.58 m = 2072.09 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 3.46 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.48 mb = 1998.46 m = 6556.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.91 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.99 C K Index: 25.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10210.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.12 mb = 1271.39 m = 4171.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 6.2 tot: 11.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -134.9 tot: -134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: -8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 117.02 m/s