MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 38.70,-90.42 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 999 173 6.3 2.3 76 4.0 4.4 340 8 279.5 280.3 277.6 292.0 4.51 2 950 581 2.8 0.8 87 2.0 1.9 356 15 280.0 280.8 277.6 291.9 4.27 3 900 1017 0.1 -1.9 87 1.9 -0.7 11 13 281.6 282.2 277.6 292.0 3.70 4 850 1472 -3.3 -4.3 93 1.0 -3.7 8 12 282.6 283.2 277.6 291.9 3.26 5 800 1948 -6.6 -6.8 99 0.2 -6.7 4 11 284.1 284.6 277.8 292.4 2.87 6 750 2451 -7.0 -9.0 85 2.0 -7.7 16 6 289.0 289.4 279.8 296.5 2.57 7 700 2990 -7.0 -15.5 51 8.5 -9.6 51 1 294.7 295.0 281.2 299.7 1.63 8 650 3566 -9.1 -22.4 33 13.3 -12.4 209 3 298.7 298.9 282.1 301.8 0.98 9 600 4182 -12.0 -26.6 29 14.6 -15.2 212 7 302.2 302.3 283.2 304.6 0.72 10 550 4842 -16.1 -24.4 49 8.3 -17.9 211 11 305.0 305.2 284.6 308.2 0.97 11 500 5552 -21.1 -25.5 68 4.4 -22.0 194 12 307.3 307.5 285.5 310.5 0.96 12 450 6321 -27.2 -32.8 59 5.6 -28.0 185 14 309.1 309.2 285.7 310.9 0.54 13 400 7157 -33.8 -44.0 35 10.2 -34.6 205 22 311.1 311.1 285.9 311.8 0.19 14 350 8082 -38.7 -55.4 15 16.8 -39.4 221 51 316.6 316.6 287.7 316.8 0.06 15 300 9132 -42.1 -62.1 10 20.0 -42.8 228 107 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.1 0.03 16 250 10349 -48.5 -67.2 10 18.7 -48.9 230 128 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.02 17 200 11795 -52.5 -71.6 8 19.1 -52.8 228 96 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13645 -55.2 -80.8 3 25.6 -55.5 236 77 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16216 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 233 50 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5389.39 m Freezing level: 898.67 mb = 1028.61 m = 3374.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 914.07 mb = 891.56 m = 2925.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.77 % Est. max temperature: 9.44 C = 48.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.32 mb = 672.03 m = 2204.78 ft T: 2.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 0.11 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.36 mb = 1075.49 m = 3528.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.49 C = 47.29 F Cap Strength: 12.72 C Lifted Index: 13.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.32 C Showalter Index: 13.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.76 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: 4.93 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16888.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.38 mb = 906.51 m = 2974.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s