MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 39.57,-93.65 Latitude: 39.57 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 973 251 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 17.0 190 13 293.2 295.4 291.2 328.2 12.31 2 950 451 17.1 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 195 25 294.6 296.7 291.6 329.4 12.18 3 900 912 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 210 37 296.6 298.7 291.5 329.3 11.31 4 850 1395 12.2 11.6 96 0.6 11.9 222 40 298.9 300.8 291.3 328.6 10.15 5 800 1901 9.5 8.4 93 1.1 8.9 230 38 301.3 302.9 290.9 327.0 8.70 6 750 2435 6.6 3.0 78 3.6 4.6 233 36 303.7 304.9 289.6 322.8 6.33 7 700 2998 3.0 -2.3 68 5.3 0.4 231 38 305.8 306.7 288.8 320.0 4.63 8 650 3594 -1.2 -6.0 70 4.8 -3.3 233 39 307.6 308.4 288.5 319.4 3.76 9 600 4227 -5.7 -10.3 70 4.6 -7.5 235 41 309.5 310.0 288.3 318.7 2.90 10 550 4903 -10.8 -14.7 73 3.9 -12.1 233 45 311.3 311.7 288.2 318.5 2.23 11 500 5628 -15.6 -19.8 70 4.2 -16.8 233 46 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.2 1.58 12 450 6416 -20.1 -27.7 51 7.6 -21.7 239 59 318.0 318.1 289.0 321.0 0.87 13 400 7277 -26.5 -34.3 48 7.8 -27.7 237 63 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.52 14 350 8226 -34.3 -40.4 54 6.1 -35.0 241 64 322.5 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.32 15 300 9286 -41.7 -52.2 31 10.5 -42.2 249 70 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.10 16 250 10499 -50.0 -56.1 49 6.1 -50.2 250 67 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 200 11943 -52.5 -73.3 6 20.7 -52.9 258 62 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13793 -54.5 -80.1 3 25.6 -54.9 270 57 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16353 -60.2 -84.2 3 24.0 -60.4 279 46 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.75 m Freezing level: 663.96 mb = 3427.58 m = 11245.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.27 mb = 3064.22 m = 10053.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.44 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.21 mb = 386.67 m = 1268.58 ft T: 17.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 10.93 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 956.10 m = 3136.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.35 C = 70.43 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 27.24 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.66 mb = 811.67 m = 2662.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.66 mb = 1739.37 m = 5706.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.66 mb = 9848.55 m = 32311.14 ft B at Equ Level: 723.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.66 mb = 12421.21 m = 40751.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 271.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 10.78 Bulk Shear: 67.59 m/s