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: 37.96,-93.27 Latitude: 37.96 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 9 SFC 968 289 19.9 17.7 87 2.3 18.4 179 17 295.8 298.2 292.8 334.0 13.25 2 950 451 20.0 16.9 82 3.2 17.9 181 36 297.5 299.8 293.0 334.6 12.82 3 900 916 17.0 15.4 90 1.7 16.0 188 50 299.1 301.3 293.0 334.9 12.29 4 850 1404 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.3 215 56 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.3 10.07 5 800 1918 13.1 8.4 73 4.7 10.2 228 54 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.1 8.67 6 750 2457 9.0 4.7 74 4.3 6.6 232 56 306.4 307.7 291.2 328.1 7.17 7 700 3025 5.4 -1.0 63 6.4 2.1 234 56 308.5 309.4 290.0 324.2 5.08 8 650 3627 1.7 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.3 230 55 310.8 311.5 289.2 321.6 3.38 9 600 4267 -3.0 -11.5 52 8.5 -6.3 226 56 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.2 2.65 10 550 4950 -7.6 -16.4 50 8.7 -10.6 230 63 315.0 315.4 289.2 321.4 1.93 11 500 5684 -12.6 -20.0 54 7.5 -14.8 234 76 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.9 1.56 12 450 6479 -18.5 -23.5 65 5.0 -19.7 234 79 320.0 320.3 290.1 324.4 1.28 13 400 7346 -25.0 -28.0 76 3.0 -25.6 240 81 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.9 0.96 14 350 8302 -32.3 -35.0 77 2.6 -32.7 242 86 325.1 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.56 15 300 9369 -40.8 -42.1 88 1.2 -40.9 243 89 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.32 16 250 10585 -48.9 -51.4 74 2.6 -49.0 248 98 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 17 200 12020 -56.3 -64.0 37 7.7 -56.5 246 83 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13838 -58.1 -78.7 5 20.7 -58.3 236 51 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16385 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 287 33 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.88 m Freezing level: 632.16 mb = 3855.35 m = 12648.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.09 mb = 3307.59 m = 10851.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.39 mb = 574.92 m = 1886.19 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1810.95 m = 5941.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 923.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.94 mb = 1079.19 m = 3540.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.94 mb = 2703.18 m = 8868.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.94 mb = 10638.69 m = 34903.41 ft B at Equ Level: 923.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.94 mb = 13511.71 m = 44329.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 727.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 719.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.12 Bulk Rich Number: 4.44 Bulk Shear: 207.89 m/s