MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-92.80 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 963 353 20.2 17.9 87 2.3 18.7 179 19 296.5 299.0 293.2 335.5 13.51 2 950 467 20.2 17.3 83 2.9 18.2 182 32 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.0 13.20 3 900 932 17.2 15.7 91 1.5 16.3 190 46 299.3 301.6 293.3 336.0 12.59 4 850 1419 14.9 12.8 87 2.1 13.6 204 56 301.7 303.8 292.9 334.2 11.00 5 800 1931 12.5 10.1 85 2.4 11.0 217 54 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.7 9.75 6 750 2471 9.3 5.8 79 3.5 7.3 228 54 306.7 308.2 291.8 330.2 7.76 7 700 3040 5.9 -2.0 57 7.9 2.0 230 53 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.8 4.74 8 650 3643 1.9 -10.3 40 12.2 -3.1 229 55 311.1 311.7 288.6 319.8 2.69 9 600 4282 -2.6 -12.1 48 9.5 -6.3 233 55 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.3 2.53 10 550 4968 -6.2 -22.1 27 15.9 -10.9 237 61 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.7 1.18 11 500 5706 -10.7 -31.3 17 20.6 -15.3 238 71 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.9 0.56 12 450 6506 -17.2 -32.3 26 15.2 -20.1 237 73 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.56 13 400 7376 -24.4 -31.9 50 7.5 -25.7 244 76 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.66 14 350 8334 -31.9 -38.4 53 6.5 -32.7 242 79 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.40 15 300 9403 -40.6 -45.0 63 4.4 -40.9 242 87 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 16 250 10618 -49.7 -53.6 63 3.9 -49.8 249 97 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 17 200 12048 -57.7 -62.9 51 5.3 -57.8 247 76 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13853 -59.8 -78.0 8 18.2 -60.0 242 50 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16396 -60.1 -84.0 3 23.9 -60.4 281 29 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.35 m Freezing level: 628.74 mb = 3914.60 m = 12843.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.84 mb = 3265.68 m = 10714.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.94 mb = 641.03 m = 2103.09 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1427.17 m = 4682.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 30.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 933.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.28 mb = 1082.24 m = 3550.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.28 mb = 2815.93 m = 9238.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.28 mb = 11172.88 m = 36655.98 ft B at Equ Level: 929.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.28 mb = 13883.64 m = 45549.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 56.5 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 647.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 647.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.67 Bulk Rich Number: 4.89 Bulk Shear: 190.97 m/s