MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.76,-90.99 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -90.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 969 311 18.5 16.0 85 2.5 16.9 170 14 294.3 296.4 291.2 328.3 11.88 2 950 484 18.5 15.1 80 3.5 16.3 174 32 296.0 298.1 291.4 328.9 11.42 3 900 947 16.9 13.8 82 3.1 14.8 186 50 298.9 300.9 292.0 331.2 11.06 4 850 1435 15.2 12.2 82 3.0 13.3 206 59 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.3 10.55 5 800 1946 11.1 10.5 96 0.6 10.7 211 58 303.0 304.8 292.4 332.7 10.02 6 750 2484 9.2 5.7 78 3.5 7.2 224 54 306.6 308.0 291.7 329.8 7.66 7 700 3053 5.7 -0.8 63 6.5 2.4 229 51 308.8 309.7 290.2 324.7 5.15 8 650 3655 1.7 -8.6 46 10.4 -2.7 230 52 310.9 311.5 288.9 320.7 3.06 9 600 4295 -2.5 -10.8 53 8.3 -5.8 230 52 313.2 313.8 289.5 322.3 2.81 10 550 4980 -7.0 -12.3 66 5.3 -9.0 235 56 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.6 2.70 11 500 5717 -11.3 -16.0 68 4.7 -12.9 234 64 319.2 319.7 290.7 326.6 2.20 12 450 6517 -17.1 -20.6 74 3.5 -18.1 235 66 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.66 13 400 7389 -24.0 -25.9 85 1.8 -24.4 238 68 323.7 324.0 291.1 327.8 1.16 14 350 8347 -32.0 -32.1 99 0.1 -32.0 241 69 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.3 0.74 15 300 9415 -40.9 -40.8 100 -0.0 -40.9 237 73 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.36 16 250 10629 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 241 83 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 17 200 12052 -59.9 -60.8 89 0.9 -59.9 236 70 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 18 150 13850 -60.6 -77.3 9 16.8 -60.7 240 57 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16403 -60.7 -83.9 3 23.2 -61.0 270 22 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.30 m Freezing level: 629.54 mb = 3916.96 m = 12850.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.82 mb = 3326.52 m = 10913.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.61 mb = 633.27 m = 2077.63 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1770.94 m = 5810.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.95 mb = 1178.45 m = 3866.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.95 mb = 4150.53 m = 13617.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.95 mb = 10093.56 m = 33114.95 ft B at Equ Level: 184.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.95 mb = 12022.09 m = 39442.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 40.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 788.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 788.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 262.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 197.21 m/s