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: 39.84,-94.19 Latitude: 39.84 Longitude: -94.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 968 281 17.6 15.9 90 1.7 16.5 199 14 293.5 295.6 290.9 327.2 11.84 2 950 443 17.5 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 204 25 295.0 297.1 291.2 328.1 11.54 3 900 904 14.8 13.0 89 1.7 13.7 221 34 296.7 298.6 290.9 327.2 10.53 4 850 1386 11.6 10.2 91 1.4 10.7 232 34 298.3 300.0 290.3 325.3 9.23 5 800 1891 9.0 7.0 87 2.0 7.9 233 33 300.8 302.2 290.0 324.1 7.90 6 750 2424 6.3 2.4 76 4.0 4.2 229 37 303.5 304.6 289.3 321.7 6.05 7 700 2987 3.0 -3.8 61 6.8 -0.2 233 40 305.8 306.6 288.3 318.6 4.12 8 650 3582 -1.4 -7.8 61 6.5 -4.1 234 39 307.4 308.0 288.0 317.6 3.26 9 600 4215 -6.0 -13.3 56 7.3 -8.6 231 40 309.2 309.6 287.6 316.5 2.29 10 550 4889 -11.0 -19.0 52 8.0 -13.4 229 41 311.0 311.3 287.5 316.1 1.54 11 500 5614 -16.3 -28.1 35 11.8 -18.8 236 45 313.2 313.4 287.3 315.8 0.76 12 450 6398 -21.1 -39.1 18 18.0 -23.7 237 59 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.7 0.29 13 400 7256 -27.6 -46.7 15 19.0 -29.5 233 57 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.6 0.14 14 350 8202 -34.8 -53.1 14 18.3 -36.0 237 57 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.1 0.08 15 300 9260 -42.3 -58.8 15 16.5 -42.9 246 64 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.05 16 250 10472 -49.2 -62.4 20 13.2 -49.6 250 68 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.03 17 200 11924 -51.7 -74.2 5 22.5 -52.1 255 61 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13780 -53.4 -80.4 2 26.9 -53.9 272 58 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16350 -59.7 -84.2 3 24.5 -60.0 277 45 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.80 m Freezing level: 665.58 mb = 3396.68 m = 11143.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.79 mb = 2965.85 m = 9730.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.16 % Est. max temperature: 23.94 C = 75.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.30 mb = 493.98 m = 1620.63 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1176.96 m = 3861.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.73 C = 71.12 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.47 C K Index: 31.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 602.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.00 mb = 978.84 m = 3211.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.00 mb = 2566.41 m = 8419.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.00 mb = 9326.60 m = 30598.72 ft B at Equ Level: 602.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.00 mb = 11699.65 m = 38384.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 198.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 13.66 Bulk Shear: 44.11 m/s