MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-92.17 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 971 347 13.1 10.9 87 2.2 11.8 109 11 288.7 290.2 286.2 312.5 8.48 2 950 531 12.6 10.1 85 2.5 11.1 111 24 289.9 291.4 286.4 313.1 8.18 3 900 985 12.2 9.0 81 3.2 10.3 132 38 294.1 295.5 287.8 317.2 8.02 4 850 1463 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 152 33 295.9 297.4 288.9 320.5 8.49 5 800 1964 6.2 5.6 95 0.7 5.9 167 30 297.8 299.1 288.3 318.7 7.12 6 750 2491 3.5 3.0 96 0.5 3.2 177 23 300.3 301.5 288.5 319.1 6.32 7 700 3048 -0.2 -1.5 91 1.3 -0.8 182 22 302.2 303.2 287.8 317.1 4.90 8 650 3637 -3.7 -6.0 84 2.3 -4.7 187 29 304.8 305.5 287.6 316.4 3.76 9 600 4265 -7.8 -10.4 81 2.6 -8.8 185 35 307.1 307.6 287.5 316.2 2.88 10 550 4936 -12.3 -15.8 75 3.6 -13.4 181 43 309.5 309.9 287.5 316.1 2.02 11 500 5659 -16.7 -18.8 84 2.1 -17.3 179 56 312.6 313.0 288.2 318.3 1.73 12 450 6442 -22.2 -22.6 97 0.4 -22.3 175 63 315.3 315.6 288.8 320.0 1.39 13 400 7296 -28.8 -29.0 98 0.2 -28.8 173 65 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.6 0.87 14 350 8238 -35.3 -36.8 86 1.5 -35.5 168 67 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.8 0.47 15 300 9294 -42.6 -49.6 46 7.0 -43.0 170 77 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.14 16 250 10507 -48.5 -65.4 12 17.0 -48.9 184 67 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.02 17 200 11962 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 201 61 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13827 -52.5 -80.8 2 28.3 -53.0 228 41 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16410 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 254 34 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.94 m Freezing level: 702.90 mb = 3015.31 m = 9892.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.34 mb = 2929.34 m = 9610.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.48 % Est. max temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.07 mb = 619.64 m = 2032.92 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 3.07 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1674.28 m = 5492.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.93 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: 2.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9544.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.01 mb = 1135.09 m = 3724.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.0 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 202.0 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.5 neg: -23.4 tot: 308.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 118.26 m/s