MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.84,-94.23 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -94.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 984 270 18.8 -5.8 18 24.5 7.8 283 9 293.3 293.7 281.7 300.8 2.52 2 950 569 14.9 -7.8 20 22.6 5.4 283 14 292.3 292.7 280.9 299.0 2.24 3 900 1022 10.4 -8.6 25 19.1 2.8 282 15 292.3 292.7 280.8 298.9 2.21 4 850 1493 6.0 -9.5 32 15.4 0.0 282 15 292.4 292.8 280.8 299.0 2.19 5 800 1985 2.3 -14.2 29 16.4 -3.3 293 19 293.5 293.8 280.7 298.4 1.60 6 750 2507 2.8 -30.3 7 33.1 -5.3 306 33 299.6 299.7 281.7 301.0 0.41 7 700 3063 1.7 -16.3 25 18.0 -4.5 308 41 304.3 304.6 285.0 309.2 1.52 8 650 3657 -1.0 -12.2 42 11.2 -5.2 309 45 307.9 308.3 287.2 315.3 2.31 9 600 4293 -3.4 -14.0 44 10.6 -7.3 309 49 312.2 312.6 288.5 319.2 2.15 10 550 4977 -6.5 -19.8 34 13.4 -10.7 311 57 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.2 1.44 11 500 5716 -10.8 -26.8 25 16.0 -14.9 311 62 319.9 320.0 289.6 322.8 0.85 12 450 6516 -16.6 -33.0 23 16.4 -19.8 312 63 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.2 0.53 13 400 7389 -23.5 -42.3 16 18.7 -25.9 309 67 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.23 14 350 8349 -31.4 -40.4 41 9.0 -32.4 308 74 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.32 15 300 9419 -40.6 -50.3 35 9.7 -41.2 316 77 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.13 16 250 10635 -49.5 -57.0 41 7.5 -49.7 321 84 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.07 17 200 12078 -54.6 -68.3 17 13.7 -54.8 313 83 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13913 -57.6 -79.7 4 22.1 -57.9 308 57 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16418 -65.1 -84.3 5 19.1 -65.3 283 41 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.73 m Freezing level: 668.12 mb = 3442.08 m = 11292.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 849.70 mb = 1496.00 m = 4908.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.09 % Est. max temperature: 18.26 C = 64.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.79 mb = 3298.14 m = 10820.55 ft T: 0.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 1.94 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 447.80 mb = 6552.40 m = 21497.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.79 C = 118.03 F Cap Strength: 17.17 C Lifted Index: 18.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.76 C Showalter Index: 18.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.77 C Cross Totals Index: 1.33 C K Index: -10.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15385.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.57 mb = 3371.79 m = 11062.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.8 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 336.8 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 101.54 m/s