MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 39.24,-94.69 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 973 286 19.2 15.1 77 4.1 16.5 177 13 294.6 296.6 290.7 326.6 11.16 2 950 491 17.1 14.0 82 3.1 15.1 179 23 294.5 296.4 290.3 325.1 10.64 3 900 950 13.0 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 183 28 294.9 296.7 290.2 324.7 10.39 4 850 1430 11.2 10.8 97 0.4 10.9 209 29 297.9 299.6 290.5 325.8 9.60 5 800 1937 11.4 2.9 56 8.5 6.8 220 28 303.3 304.4 289.1 321.1 5.90 6 750 2475 9.7 -5.1 35 14.7 2.7 222 32 307.1 307.7 288.1 318.0 3.49 7 700 3043 5.9 -8.2 36 14.1 -0.3 221 38 309.0 309.6 288.2 318.3 2.95 8 650 3645 1.1 -10.0 43 11.1 -3.5 221 42 310.2 310.7 288.4 319.0 2.74 9 600 4282 -3.8 -11.8 53 8.1 -6.9 226 44 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.1 2.58 10 550 4963 -9.0 -13.4 70 4.4 -10.6 232 45 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.4 2.47 11 500 5693 -14.2 -16.0 86 1.8 -14.7 236 52 315.8 316.2 289.7 323.0 2.20 12 450 6483 -20.3 -20.4 99 0.1 -20.4 236 53 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.3 1.68 13 400 7345 -26.7 -26.8 98 0.2 -26.7 240 55 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.0 1.06 14 350 8294 -34.4 -36.4 81 2.1 -34.6 235 62 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.48 15 300 9350 -43.4 -51.0 43 7.6 -43.8 238 66 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.12 16 250 10551 -52.2 -59.8 39 7.6 -52.4 238 64 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.05 17 200 11978 -55.1 -70.1 14 15.0 -55.4 262 59 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13808 -57.6 -79.4 5 21.8 -57.9 246 53 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16362 -59.9 -84.1 3 24.2 -60.2 281 31 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.54 m Freezing level: 638.61 mb = 3789.89 m = 12433.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.57 mb = 2989.82 m = 9809.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.01 mb = 800.57 m = 2626.52 ft T: 14.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 946.54 m = 3105.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.43 C = 66.97 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.40 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 22.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.56 mb = 954.37 m = 3131.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.56 mb = 1001.14 m = 3284.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.56 mb = 1095.48 m = 3594.05 ft B at Equ Level: 5.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 844.56 mb = 1483.65 m = 4867.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 95.47 m/s