MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-92.01 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 977 292 12.8 12.1 95 0.7 12.3 116 8 287.9 289.4 286.5 313.2 9.08 2 950 526 11.6 11.3 98 0.3 11.4 116 19 289.0 290.5 286.7 314.0 8.89 3 900 979 11.9 9.8 87 2.1 10.7 146 32 293.8 295.3 288.1 318.1 8.47 4 850 1456 9.3 6.8 85 2.4 7.9 163 31 295.8 297.2 287.8 317.1 7.32 5 800 1956 6.2 4.5 89 1.7 5.2 169 28 297.8 298.9 287.8 317.1 6.59 6 750 2483 2.4 1.7 95 0.7 2.0 167 24 299.2 300.2 287.5 316.3 5.77 7 700 3037 -1.4 -2.0 96 0.6 -1.7 163 22 300.9 301.8 287.1 315.1 4.72 8 650 3624 -4.7 -5.2 96 0.5 -5.0 162 23 303.6 304.4 287.3 315.8 3.99 9 600 4250 -8.3 -9.0 95 0.7 -8.5 171 22 306.6 307.2 287.6 316.6 3.23 10 550 4920 -12.4 -13.1 94 0.7 -12.6 186 23 309.4 309.9 287.9 317.5 2.53 11 500 5642 -17.3 -17.6 97 0.3 -17.4 194 25 312.0 312.3 288.2 318.2 1.92 12 450 6422 -23.2 -23.2 100 0.0 -23.2 186 25 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.5 1.32 13 400 7274 -29.4 -29.4 100 0.0 -29.4 189 29 316.8 316.9 288.6 319.6 0.84 14 350 8211 -37.1 -37.1 100 -0.0 -37.1 174 42 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.45 15 300 9262 -42.8 -57.5 19 14.6 -43.4 183 57 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.05 16 250 10478 -47.1 -67.9 7 20.8 -47.6 178 51 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.02 17 200 11941 -50.3 -74.6 4 24.3 -50.8 194 48 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13807 -53.6 -80.5 2 26.9 -54.0 220 39 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16395 -58.8 -84.3 2 25.5 -59.1 266 39 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.48 m Freezing level: 718.58 mb = 2830.97 m = 9287.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.75 mb = 2780.01 m = 9120.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.22 % Est. max temperature: 21.58 C = 70.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.34 mb = 382.53 m = 1255.01 ft T: 12.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1459.77 m = 4789.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.72 C = 69.30 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 32.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.93 mb = 905.23 m = 2969.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.93 mb = 3003.36 m = 9853.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 682.93 mb = 3232.51 m = 10605.23 ft B at Equ Level: 27.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 562.93 mb = 4741.19 m = 15554.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.8 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 198.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.9 neg: -19.2 tot: 205.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 41.06 m/s