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: 39.43,-94.42 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 965 288 19.5 17.5 88 2.0 18.1 169 18 295.6 298.0 292.6 333.3 13.13 2 950 425 19.1 17.0 88 2.0 17.7 173 30 296.5 298.9 292.8 334.0 12.96 3 900 888 16.0 15.6 98 0.4 15.8 183 42 298.0 300.3 292.9 334.3 12.51 4 850 1374 14.3 12.5 89 1.7 13.2 204 52 301.1 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.81 5 800 1884 10.9 10.0 94 1.0 10.3 210 53 302.8 304.6 292.1 331.5 9.65 6 750 2420 8.0 4.0 76 4.0 5.8 216 51 305.3 306.5 290.5 325.8 6.79 7 700 2987 5.2 -5.1 47 10.3 0.4 218 48 308.2 308.9 288.7 319.9 3.72 8 650 3588 0.9 -7.9 52 8.8 -2.9 215 49 310.0 310.6 288.8 320.2 3.24 9 600 4225 -3.8 -10.3 60 6.5 -6.4 214 51 311.7 312.3 289.0 321.0 2.90 10 550 4906 -8.8 -12.4 75 3.6 -10.2 215 54 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.3 2.68 11 500 5637 -14.4 -16.7 82 2.4 -15.1 218 58 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.3 2.06 12 450 6426 -20.8 -22.0 90 1.2 -21.1 223 63 317.1 317.3 289.3 322.0 1.45 13 400 7284 -27.5 -28.3 93 0.8 -27.6 228 72 319.2 319.4 289.5 322.5 0.93 14 350 8229 -34.9 -35.4 96 0.5 -35.0 229 79 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.54 15 300 9288 -41.6 -42.2 94 0.6 -41.7 232 84 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 16 250 10505 -48.4 -52.1 65 3.7 -48.6 239 94 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 11944 -54.4 -67.2 19 12.8 -54.6 248 89 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13778 -54.3 -79.4 3 25.1 -54.6 245 56 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16348 -59.9 -84.1 3 24.2 -60.2 276 42 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.51 m Freezing level: 640.66 mb = 3706.80 m = 12161.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.34 mb = 3053.06 m = 10016.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.62 mb = 537.05 m = 1761.97 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1116.01 m = 3661.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.30 C = 73.94 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.93 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1268.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.33 mb = 903.79 m = 2965.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.33 mb = 1849.00 m = 6066.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.33 mb = 10416.60 m = 34174.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1266.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.33 mb = 13235.09 m = 43421.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.5 neg: -5.5 tot: 484.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.86 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 124.57 m/s