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,-93.35 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 281 19.7 17.7 88 2.1 18.4 179 18 295.6 298.0 292.7 333.6 13.23 2 950 445 19.7 16.9 84 2.8 17.8 181 36 297.2 299.5 292.9 334.5 12.87 3 900 910 17.2 15.2 88 2.0 15.9 190 50 299.2 301.5 293.0 334.9 12.20 4 850 1398 16.6 11.2 70 5.4 13.1 217 56 303.5 305.3 292.5 332.9 9.86 5 800 1912 12.7 8.3 74 4.4 10.0 227 56 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.5 8.61 6 750 2451 8.8 4.8 76 4.0 6.5 231 56 306.1 307.5 291.2 328.1 7.23 7 700 3019 5.2 -0.6 66 5.8 2.2 234 56 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.5 5.24 8 650 3620 1.6 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.4 229 56 310.8 311.4 289.2 321.5 3.37 9 600 4259 -3.2 -11.4 53 8.1 -6.4 224 57 312.4 312.9 289.0 321.0 2.67 10 550 4942 -7.9 -15.3 55 7.4 -10.5 228 64 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.6 2.12 11 500 5675 -12.9 -18.9 61 6.0 -14.7 233 77 317.3 317.7 289.7 323.1 1.72 12 450 6470 -18.6 -22.5 71 3.9 -19.6 233 81 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.6 1.40 13 400 7337 -25.1 -27.2 82 2.1 -25.5 238 82 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.0 1.03 14 350 8292 -32.5 -34.1 86 1.5 -32.7 241 86 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.61 15 300 9358 -40.9 -41.4 94 0.6 -40.9 242 88 327.7 327.8 291.4 329.0 0.34 16 250 10575 -48.7 -50.9 78 2.2 -48.8 246 97 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 17 200 12011 -56.0 -63.3 39 7.3 -56.1 244 83 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 13830 -57.8 -78.8 5 21.0 -58.0 235 53 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16382 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 281 36 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.55 m Freezing level: 633.47 mb = 3831.52 m = 12570.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.74 mb = 3305.05 m = 10843.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.26 mb = 542.95 m = 1781.30 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1768.57 m = 5802.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 947.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.63 mb = 1076.50 m = 3531.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.63 mb = 2587.84 m = 8490.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.63 mb = 10636.18 m = 34895.18 ft B at Equ Level: 944.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.63 mb = 13516.44 m = 44344.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 59.0 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 44.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 707.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 701.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 233.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.56 Bulk Shear: 207.80 m/s