MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.46,-93.65 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 968 326 23.5 16.9 66 6.7 19.0 203 14 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.3 12.58 2 950 485 21.9 15.4 67 6.5 17.5 205 22 299.4 301.5 292.6 333.4 11.64 3 900 951 17.5 14.0 80 3.5 15.2 210 25 299.5 301.6 292.3 332.3 11.22 4 850 1437 13.3 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 218 25 300.1 302.0 292.0 330.9 10.50 5 800 1945 10.4 8.0 85 2.4 8.9 233 26 302.2 303.7 290.9 327.2 8.43 6 750 2484 10.9 -6.5 29 17.4 2.8 245 32 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.3 3.14 7 700 3054 6.6 -9.2 31 15.8 -0.2 242 34 309.7 310.3 288.2 318.4 2.72 8 650 3656 1.3 -10.8 40 12.2 -3.6 235 34 310.5 310.9 288.3 318.7 2.57 9 600 4294 -4.3 -14.0 47 9.7 -7.8 236 32 311.2 311.6 288.1 318.2 2.16 10 550 4972 -9.7 -17.5 53 7.8 -12.2 252 33 312.6 312.9 288.2 318.4 1.76 11 500 5701 -14.4 -25.6 38 11.2 -17.1 248 39 315.4 315.6 288.3 318.7 0.95 12 450 6490 -20.1 -25.4 63 5.3 -21.3 253 39 317.9 318.1 289.2 321.6 1.08 13 400 7352 -26.6 -26.8 98 0.2 -26.6 264 50 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.2 1.07 14 350 8301 -34.5 -37.1 77 2.7 -34.8 259 57 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.45 15 300 9358 -43.0 -43.0 100 -0.0 -43.0 258 63 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.28 16 250 10559 -52.4 -57.0 57 4.6 -52.5 257 63 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 17 200 11997 -53.3 -72.1 8 18.8 -53.6 263 58 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13826 -58.7 -79.2 5 20.5 -58.9 261 49 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16365 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.1 -62.9 259 42 406.6 406.6 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.47 m Freezing level: 638.28 mb = 3805.71 m = 12485.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.96 mb = 3007.50 m = 9867.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.27 mb = 1168.50 m = 3833.61 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1433.04 m = 4701.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1203.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.41 mb = 1363.14 m = 4472.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.41 mb = 1612.20 m = 5289.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.41 mb = 2024.65 m = 6642.49 ft B at Equ Level: 4.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 772.41 mb = 2237.99 m = 7342.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.8 neg: -5.9 tot: 122.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 29.67 Bulk Shear: 40.57 m/s