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,-93.43 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 968 280 19.7 17.6 88 2.0 18.3 180 17 295.5 297.9 292.7 333.5 13.22 2 950 446 19.7 16.9 84 2.8 17.8 182 36 297.2 299.5 292.9 334.4 12.86 3 900 910 17.0 15.4 90 1.6 16.0 189 50 299.0 301.2 293.0 334.9 12.32 4 850 1398 16.8 11.1 69 5.7 13.2 219 57 303.7 305.6 292.5 333.0 9.80 5 800 1913 12.8 8.1 73 4.7 10.0 227 56 304.8 306.3 291.8 330.3 8.51 6 750 2451 8.9 4.6 75 4.3 6.4 231 57 306.2 307.5 291.1 327.8 7.11 7 700 3019 5.3 -0.8 65 6.1 2.2 235 57 308.4 309.3 290.0 324.3 5.15 8 650 3621 1.8 -8.0 48 9.7 -2.5 230 57 311.0 311.6 289.1 321.2 3.23 9 600 4261 -3.2 -11.8 51 8.6 -6.5 223 56 312.4 312.9 289.0 320.7 2.58 10 550 4943 -8.0 -15.2 56 7.3 -10.5 228 64 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.6 2.12 11 500 5676 -13.0 -18.7 62 5.8 -14.7 233 77 317.2 317.6 289.7 323.1 1.74 12 450 6470 -18.7 -22.3 73 3.6 -19.7 233 81 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.6 1.42 13 400 7337 -25.1 -27.2 83 2.1 -25.6 238 83 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.02 14 350 8292 -32.5 -34.0 87 1.4 -32.7 241 87 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.62 15 300 9358 -41.0 -41.3 97 0.3 -41.0 243 89 327.6 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.34 16 250 10574 -48.7 -50.7 80 2.0 -48.8 246 99 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.15 17 200 12010 -55.9 -63.5 38 7.6 -56.1 244 85 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 13832 -57.4 -79.0 5 21.6 -57.7 234 52 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16382 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 282 36 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.07 m Freezing level: 632.27 mb = 3847.74 m = 12623.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3294.55 m = 10808.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.14 mb = 535.15 m = 1755.71 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1779.08 m = 5836.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 953.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.90 mb = 1054.73 m = 3460.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.90 mb = 2675.05 m = 8776.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.90 mb = 10577.01 m = 34701.06 ft B at Equ Level: 953.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.90 mb = 13427.68 m = 44053.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 59.2 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 735.7 neg: -8.1 tot: 727.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 210.88 m/s