MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 38.21,-91.18 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -91.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 972 257 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 191 15 294.3 296.6 291.8 330.3 12.56 2 950 454 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 192 33 295.9 298.1 291.9 330.8 12.14 3 900 916 15.0 14.8 98 0.3 14.8 196 46 297.0 299.2 292.0 331.2 11.80 4 850 1400 13.8 12.4 91 1.4 12.9 217 57 300.6 302.6 292.3 332.2 10.72 5 800 1911 11.2 9.4 89 1.7 10.1 227 58 303.1 304.8 291.9 330.8 9.32 6 750 2447 7.8 6.5 91 1.3 7.0 226 59 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.4 8.10 7 700 3014 4.3 2.5 88 1.8 3.3 225 60 307.2 308.5 290.9 327.3 6.56 8 650 3614 0.8 -1.9 82 2.7 -0.6 221 61 309.8 310.8 290.5 325.7 5.11 9 600 4252 -3.2 -5.5 84 2.3 -4.3 220 64 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.22 10 550 4936 -7.4 -10.9 76 3.5 -8.8 227 66 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.1 3.03 11 500 5671 -12.7 -15.1 82 2.4 -13.5 232 73 317.5 318.0 290.4 325.3 2.36 12 450 6467 -18.0 -19.9 85 1.9 -18.5 231 80 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.6 1.76 13 400 7336 -24.3 -25.5 89 1.2 -24.6 229 83 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.6 1.20 14 350 8294 -31.9 -32.5 95 0.5 -32.0 227 82 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.3 0.72 15 300 9363 -40.4 -40.4 100 0.0 -40.4 227 84 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.38 16 250 10582 -49.3 -50.1 92 0.7 -49.4 228 83 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16 17 200 12005 -59.4 -61.0 81 1.6 -59.4 221 78 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 18 150 13816 -58.8 -78.6 6 19.8 -59.0 235 63 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16383 -58.8 -84.2 2 25.4 -59.2 259 21 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.12 m Freezing level: 640.35 mb = 3736.93 m = 12260.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.32 mb = 3522.96 m = 11558.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.45 mb = 495.28 m = 1624.90 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1139.72 m = 3739.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.13 C = 73.63 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 372.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.39 mb = 884.17 m = 2900.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.39 mb = 2687.28 m = 8816.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.39 mb = 9862.89 m = 32358.18 ft B at Equ Level: 370.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.39 mb = 12381.56 m = 40621.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 577.3 neg: -10.1 tot: 567.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 169.14 m/s