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: 37.88,-93.27 Latitude: 37.88 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 967 300 20.0 17.6 86 2.4 18.4 179 18 296.0 298.4 292.8 334.1 13.23 2 950 452 20.2 16.8 81 3.3 17.9 182 36 297.7 300.0 293.0 334.8 12.81 3 900 917 17.1 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 188 50 299.2 301.4 293.1 335.0 12.29 4 850 1405 16.3 11.7 74 4.6 13.4 214 56 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.6 10.22 5 800 1919 13.2 8.5 73 4.7 10.3 228 54 305.2 306.8 292.1 331.4 8.73 6 750 2459 9.1 4.8 74 4.4 6.6 232 55 306.5 307.8 291.2 328.4 7.20 7 700 3027 5.5 -1.2 62 6.7 2.1 234 55 308.6 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.02 8 650 3629 1.8 -7.8 49 9.6 -2.4 230 55 311.0 311.6 289.2 321.3 3.27 9 600 4269 -2.9 -11.8 50 8.9 -6.4 226 56 312.8 313.3 289.1 321.2 2.58 10 550 4952 -7.5 -17.1 46 9.6 -10.6 231 62 315.2 315.6 289.1 321.3 1.82 11 500 5687 -12.4 -20.9 49 8.5 -14.8 234 75 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.9 1.45 12 450 6483 -18.3 -24.1 60 5.8 -19.7 234 78 320.2 320.4 290.1 324.4 1.21 13 400 7350 -24.9 -28.2 74 3.3 -25.6 241 80 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.9 0.94 14 350 8306 -32.4 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.7 243 85 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.54 15 300 9373 -40.9 -42.3 86 1.4 -41.0 243 89 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 16 250 10589 -49.0 -51.7 73 2.7 -49.1 249 98 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 17 200 12023 -56.4 -63.9 38 7.5 -56.5 246 84 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 13840 -58.1 -78.7 6 20.6 -58.3 235 51 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16387 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 286 32 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.92 m Freezing level: 630.94 mb = 3873.07 m = 12706.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.71 mb = 3302.15 m = 10833.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.24 mb = 605.15 m = 1985.37 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1824.58 m = 5986.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 929.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.73 mb = 1101.98 m = 3615.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.73 mb = 2729.93 m = 8956.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.73 mb = 10966.88 m = 35980.15 ft B at Equ Level: 915.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.73 mb = 13603.48 m = 44630.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 57.9 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 43.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 714.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 706.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 205.52 m/s