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: 38.11,-93.21 Latitude: 38.11 Longitude: -93.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 285 19.9 17.7 87 2.2 18.4 178 17 295.8 298.2 292.8 334.0 13.28 2 950 449 19.9 16.9 83 3.0 17.9 181 35 297.4 299.7 292.9 334.6 12.85 3 900 914 17.2 15.2 88 1.9 15.9 189 50 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.8 12.19 4 850 1402 16.3 11.4 73 4.9 13.2 215 55 303.3 305.1 292.5 333.0 10.00 5 800 1916 12.9 8.4 74 4.4 10.2 227 54 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.0 8.70 6 750 2455 8.9 4.9 76 4.0 6.6 231 56 306.2 307.6 291.2 328.2 7.24 7 700 3023 5.3 -0.7 66 5.9 2.2 233 56 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.21 8 650 3624 1.4 -6.7 55 8.1 -2.2 229 56 310.6 311.3 289.3 321.9 3.56 9 600 4263 -3.1 -10.9 55 7.8 -6.2 225 57 312.5 313.0 289.2 321.4 2.77 10 550 4946 -7.8 -15.9 52 8.2 -10.5 229 63 314.9 315.3 289.2 321.5 2.01 11 500 5680 -12.7 -19.6 56 6.9 -14.7 233 76 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.0 1.61 12 450 6475 -18.5 -23.2 66 4.7 -19.7 233 80 320.0 320.3 290.1 324.5 1.31 13 400 7342 -25.0 -27.8 77 2.8 -25.5 239 81 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.0 0.97 14 350 8298 -32.4 -34.7 80 2.3 -32.7 242 85 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.57 15 300 9365 -40.8 -42.0 88 1.2 -40.8 242 88 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.32 16 250 10582 -48.7 -51.3 75 2.6 -48.8 247 96 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 17 200 12017 -56.3 -63.6 39 7.3 -56.5 245 81 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 13832 -58.4 -78.6 6 20.3 -58.6 236 52 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16383 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.3 285 34 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.57 m Freezing level: 634.24 mb = 3825.45 m = 12550.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.78 mb = 3320.37 m = 10893.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.72 mb = 560.66 m = 1839.40 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1780.18 m = 5840.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.56 mb = 1080.77 m = 3545.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.56 mb = 2592.32 m = 8504.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.56 mb = 10644.81 m = 34923.48 ft B at Equ Level: 918.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.56 mb = 13521.99 m = 44362.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 702.9 neg: -6.3 tot: 696.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 232.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.97 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 207.10 m/s