MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.68,-94.99 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -94.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -21 SFC 965 288 22.3 18.4 79 3.9 19.6 186 22 298.5 301.0 294.1 339.0 13.93 2 950 422 21.8 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 191 38 299.3 301.7 293.8 337.9 13.24 3 900 889 17.9 15.7 87 2.2 16.4 199 47 300.0 302.3 293.5 336.8 12.56 4 850 1377 14.6 13.3 92 1.3 13.8 208 54 301.5 303.6 293.0 335.0 11.37 5 800 1888 12.2 7.6 74 4.6 9.5 221 57 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.8 8.22 6 750 2426 8.4 0.5 58 7.9 4.3 225 54 305.7 306.7 289.3 322.0 5.31 7 700 2992 4.7 -4.2 52 8.9 0.5 227 53 307.6 308.4 288.8 320.1 3.99 8 650 3592 1.0 -6.7 56 7.7 -2.4 226 55 310.1 310.8 289.2 321.4 3.56 9 600 4231 -3.2 -10.6 57 7.4 -6.1 224 58 312.5 313.0 289.2 321.6 2.85 10 550 4913 -8.0 -17.9 45 9.9 -11.2 223 59 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.70 11 500 5646 -13.6 -25.5 36 11.9 -16.5 231 65 316.5 316.7 288.7 319.8 0.96 12 450 6437 -19.6 -29.9 40 10.3 -21.7 230 75 318.6 318.7 289.0 321.1 0.71 13 400 7299 -26.4 -37.1 36 10.7 -27.8 233 81 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.40 14 350 8251 -33.1 -46.5 25 13.4 -34.3 242 78 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.17 15 300 9316 -40.5 -52.9 25 12.5 -41.1 245 97 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10537 -47.7 -60.2 22 12.5 -48.1 247 85 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 17 200 11982 -55.7 -66.3 25 10.6 -55.9 239 79 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 13793 -59.9 -77.8 8 17.9 -60.0 248 62 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16361 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 284 40 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.64 m Freezing level: 637.64 mb = 3750.29 m = 12303.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.08 mb = 3084.40 m = 10119.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.53 mb = 779.22 m = 2556.46 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1298.72 m = 4260.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.04 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.85 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1461.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.29 mb = 1126.70 m = 3696.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.29 mb = 1990.16 m = 6529.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.29 mb = 10793.88 m = 35412.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1457.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.29 mb = 14216.53 m = 46641.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 480.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 480.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.32 Bulk Rich Number: 13.30 Bulk Shear: 109.87 m/s