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: 38.16,-93.27 Latitude: 38.16 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 5 SFC 968 284 19.8 17.7 88 2.1 18.4 179 17 295.7 298.1 292.7 333.8 13.26 2 950 447 19.8 16.9 84 2.9 17.9 181 35 297.3 299.6 292.9 334.5 12.87 3 900 911 17.2 15.2 88 2.0 15.9 189 50 299.2 301.5 293.0 334.8 12.18 4 850 1400 16.4 11.3 72 5.1 13.1 216 55 303.4 305.2 292.5 332.9 9.93 5 800 1914 12.7 8.4 75 4.4 10.1 227 55 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.7 8.66 6 750 2452 8.8 4.9 76 4.0 6.6 231 56 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.1 7.24 7 700 3020 5.2 -0.6 66 5.8 2.2 233 56 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.5 5.25 8 650 3621 1.5 -7.0 53 8.5 -2.3 229 56 310.7 311.3 289.3 321.7 3.49 9 600 4261 -3.2 -11.1 55 7.9 -6.3 224 57 312.4 312.9 289.1 321.2 2.73 10 550 4943 -7.8 -15.6 54 7.7 -10.5 228 64 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.6 2.07 11 500 5677 -12.8 -19.2 59 6.4 -14.7 233 77 317.4 317.8 289.7 323.1 1.67 12 450 6472 -18.5 -22.9 69 4.3 -19.7 233 81 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.6 1.35 13 400 7339 -25.0 -27.5 80 2.5 -25.5 239 82 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.0 1.00 14 350 8294 -32.5 -34.3 83 1.9 -32.7 242 86 324.9 325.1 290.9 327.1 0.59 15 300 9361 -40.8 -41.7 91 0.9 -40.9 242 88 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.33 16 250 10578 -48.7 -51.1 76 2.4 -48.8 246 96 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 17 200 12013 -56.1 -63.4 40 7.2 -56.3 244 82 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13830 -58.1 -78.7 6 20.5 -58.4 235 53 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16382 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 283 36 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.71 m Freezing level: 634.14 mb = 3824.24 m = 12546.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.11 mb = 3314.01 m = 10872.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.59 mb = 550.60 m = 1806.42 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1767.88 m = 5800.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.55 mb = 1078.69 m = 3538.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.55 mb = 2590.09 m = 8497.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.55 mb = 10641.07 m = 34911.22 ft B at Equ Level: 933.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.55 mb = 13520.19 m = 44357.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 699.9 neg: -6.1 tot: 693.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 231.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 207.35 m/s