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: 38.09,-93.27 Latitude: 38.09 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 7 SFC 968 284 19.8 17.7 87 2.2 18.4 179 17 295.7 298.1 292.7 333.8 13.26 2 950 448 19.9 16.9 83 3.0 17.9 181 36 297.3 299.7 292.9 334.5 12.85 3 900 913 17.1 15.3 89 1.8 15.9 189 50 299.1 301.4 293.0 334.8 12.23 4 850 1401 16.5 11.3 72 5.1 13.2 216 55 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.0 9.96 5 800 1915 12.9 8.4 74 4.5 10.1 227 55 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.8 8.65 6 750 2454 8.9 4.8 75 4.1 6.5 231 56 306.2 307.6 291.2 328.1 7.20 7 700 3022 5.3 -0.7 65 6.0 2.2 234 56 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.19 8 650 3624 1.5 -7.0 53 8.6 -2.3 229 56 310.7 311.4 289.3 321.7 3.47 9 600 4263 -3.1 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.3 225 57 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.2 2.71 10 550 4945 -7.8 -15.8 53 8.0 -10.5 229 63 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.5 2.03 11 500 5679 -12.8 -19.4 57 6.7 -14.7 233 76 317.5 317.8 289.7 323.0 1.64 12 450 6474 -18.5 -23.0 68 4.5 -19.7 233 80 319.9 320.2 290.1 324.5 1.34 13 400 7341 -25.0 -27.7 79 2.6 -25.5 239 81 322.5 322.7 290.6 325.9 0.99 14 350 8297 -32.4 -34.6 81 2.1 -32.7 242 86 325.0 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.58 15 300 9364 -40.8 -41.8 90 1.0 -40.9 242 89 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.32 16 250 10580 -48.7 -51.2 76 2.4 -48.8 247 97 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 17 200 12016 -56.2 -63.7 39 7.5 -56.3 245 83 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 13833 -58.1 -78.7 5 20.6 -58.3 236 52 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16383 -60.2 -84.0 3 23.9 -60.4 285 35 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.65 m Freezing level: 633.54 mb = 3833.95 m = 12578.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.44 mb = 3312.00 m = 10866.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.28 mb = 554.92 m = 1820.59 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1783.72 m = 5852.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 930.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.23 mb = 1073.73 m = 3522.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.23 mb = 2696.69 m = 8847.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.23 mb = 10626.14 m = 34862.24 ft B at Equ Level: 929.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.23 mb = 13495.68 m = 44276.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 714.5 neg: -7.0 tot: 707.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.47 Bulk Shear: 208.12 m/s