MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 39.58,-93.35 Latitude: 39.58 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 45 SFC 978 235 13.0 10.8 86 2.2 11.7 270 12 288.0 289.4 285.8 311.3 8.31 2 950 477 11.6 9.5 87 2.0 10.4 273 23 288.9 290.3 285.7 311.1 7.88 3 900 927 8.5 6.3 86 2.2 7.3 286 28 290.3 291.4 285.0 309.3 6.67 4 850 1397 6.0 3.6 85 2.4 4.8 271 28 292.4 293.5 285.0 309.2 5.83 5 800 1892 3.8 -0.7 73 4.4 1.7 244 34 295.2 296.0 284.8 308.6 4.55 6 750 2415 2.1 -9.7 41 11.8 -2.5 241 38 298.8 299.3 283.9 306.3 2.44 7 700 2968 -1.7 -12.9 42 11.2 -5.7 248 45 300.6 301.0 284.1 306.9 2.02 8 650 3553 -6.0 -12.3 61 6.2 -8.2 251 53 302.1 302.5 285.1 309.3 2.29 9 600 4175 -9.3 -16.0 58 6.7 -11.4 245 75 305.3 305.7 285.7 311.2 1.83 10 550 4844 -12.7 -16.7 72 4.1 -13.9 235 85 309.1 309.4 287.1 315.1 1.88 11 500 5564 -17.6 -21.1 74 3.5 -18.5 233 92 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.3 1.42 12 450 6343 -23.6 -34.6 36 11.0 -25.2 237 84 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.2 0.45 13 400 7194 -29.2 -43.4 24 14.2 -30.6 246 79 317.0 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.21 14 350 8135 -35.3 -59.3 7 24.1 -36.4 253 84 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.04 15 300 9198 -39.8 -62.4 7 22.6 -40.7 260 94 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.03 16 250 10432 -43.7 -67.1 6 23.4 -44.4 263 88 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 11917 -47.9 -75.7 3 27.8 -48.6 266 75 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13796 -51.9 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.4 261 63 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16384 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 263 47 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.71 m Freezing level: 722.52 mb = 2719.11 m = 8920.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 780.04 mb = 2096.93 m = 6879.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.52 % Est. max temperature: 18.58 C = 65.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.79 mb = 513.51 m = 1684.74 ft T: 11.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 4.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1169.67 m = 3837.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.35 C = 61.44 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 15.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11295.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.66 mb = 948.01 m = 3110.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 56.2 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 42.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.1 neg: -32.9 tot: 134.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 210.89 m/s