MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 39.65,-93.35 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 989 238 14.5 -2.1 32 16.6 6.9 304 18 288.6 289.2 280.6 298.2 3.30 2 950 571 9.4 -3.5 40 12.9 3.8 304 28 286.8 287.3 279.4 295.7 3.11 3 900 1016 5.1 -4.3 51 9.4 1.2 302 29 286.8 287.3 279.4 295.7 3.09 4 850 1478 0.8 -5.1 65 5.9 -1.6 301 29 287.0 287.5 279.5 295.9 3.07 5 800 1961 -2.7 -7.0 72 4.3 -4.3 304 32 288.3 288.8 279.8 296.6 2.83 6 750 2474 -2.9 -12.8 46 9.9 -6.2 304 39 293.5 293.8 281.0 299.2 1.90 7 700 3018 -5.2 -17.6 37 12.4 -8.8 302 43 296.7 297.0 281.8 301.0 1.37 8 650 3598 -7.0 -25.2 22 18.2 -11.4 302 50 301.0 301.2 282.8 303.5 0.76 9 600 4219 -9.1 -35.4 10 26.4 -14.0 304 59 305.6 305.7 284.1 306.7 0.31 10 550 4888 -12.0 -40.9 7 28.9 -16.5 308 73 309.8 309.9 285.5 310.6 0.19 11 500 5609 -17.4 -42.4 9 25.0 -20.7 305 76 311.9 311.9 286.2 312.5 0.18 12 450 6389 -23.7 -36.7 29 13.0 -25.5 301 82 313.4 313.5 287.0 314.7 0.37 13 400 7238 -30.2 -39.3 41 9.1 -31.2 300 88 315.7 315.7 287.7 316.8 0.31 14 350 8175 -35.5 -53.3 15 17.8 -36.6 303 102 320.8 320.8 289.1 321.1 0.08 15 300 9234 -41.4 -57.2 16 15.8 -42.1 303 110 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.06 16 250 10456 -46.6 -62.9 14 16.2 -47.1 299 112 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.03 17 200 11916 -52.2 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 298 107 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13751 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.2 -58.4 296 86 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16281 -60.5 -85.0 3 24.6 -60.7 289 49 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5466.90 m Freezing level: 838.31 mb = 1591.20 m = 5220.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 878.36 mb = 1212.54 m = 3978.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.72 % Est. max temperature: 13.21 C = 55.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.26 mb = 2283.04 m = 7490.20 ft T: -2.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 2.48 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.80 mb = 4324.94 m = 14189.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Cap Strength: 13.79 C Lifted Index: 14.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.51 C Showalter Index: 14.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.18 C Cross Totals Index: 12.26 C K Index: 0.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15059.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.84 mb = 2194.85 m = 7200.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 137.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 85.00 m/s