MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.35,-93.67 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 966 340 17.4 15.5 89 1.9 16.2 227 10 293.4 295.5 290.7 326.3 11.54 2 950 485 16.5 14.2 86 2.3 15.1 231 17 294.0 295.9 290.2 324.9 10.81 3 900 945 15.2 10.5 74 4.7 12.3 246 26 297.2 298.8 289.7 323.1 8.91 4 850 1428 12.6 8.3 75 4.2 10.1 247 29 299.3 300.8 289.8 323.2 8.13 5 800 1935 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 8.0 236 35 301.6 303.0 290.2 324.6 7.73 6 750 2469 6.7 4.8 88 1.8 5.6 225 37 303.8 305.1 290.4 325.5 7.23 7 700 3033 3.0 2.3 96 0.6 2.6 224 44 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.4 6.48 8 650 3630 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.2 -0.4 234 46 308.6 309.6 290.6 326.0 5.65 9 600 4268 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 228 51 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.1 4.93 10 550 4953 -6.5 -6.9 97 0.4 -6.7 224 51 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.7 4.13 11 500 5693 -10.5 -10.9 97 0.4 -10.6 225 56 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.3 3.33 12 450 6497 -15.0 -15.2 98 0.2 -15.1 220 56 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.1 2.60 13 400 7379 -20.4 -20.4 100 0.0 -20.4 214 58 328.4 328.8 293.0 335.0 1.88 14 350 8354 -27.4 -27.6 98 0.2 -27.5 211 54 331.8 332.0 293.3 335.8 1.13 15 300 9443 -36.0 -36.1 99 0.1 -36.0 202 53 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.58 16 250 10682 -46.0 -46.2 97 0.3 -46.0 205 53 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.7 0.24 17 200 12134 -54.6 -61.9 40 7.4 -54.7 232 57 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.05 18 150 13941 -62.7 -76.3 14 13.6 -62.9 259 64 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16432 -64.6 -83.9 5 19.3 -64.8 253 41 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.51 m Freezing level: 655.19 mb = 3567.76 m = 11705.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.37 mb = 3538.88 m = 11610.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.96 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.59 mb = 578.32 m = 1897.35 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.26 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1906.17 m = 6253.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.71 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6853.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.63 mb = 1254.07 m = 4114.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 105.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 76.26 m/s