MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.76,-93.74 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 291 23.7 17.7 69 6.0 19.6 210 14 299.2 301.6 293.8 337.8 13.24 2 950 497 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.9 211 23 299.0 301.3 293.0 334.9 12.31 3 900 964 17.1 14.9 87 2.1 15.7 210 28 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.9 11.93 4 850 1449 13.2 12.4 95 0.8 12.7 216 32 300.0 301.9 292.1 331.4 10.73 5 800 1958 13.0 1.1 44 11.9 6.6 235 34 305.0 306.0 289.0 320.8 5.19 6 750 2499 11.2 -6.7 28 18.0 2.9 242 38 308.8 309.4 288.2 318.5 3.08 7 700 3070 6.5 -8.3 34 14.7 0.0 238 39 309.7 310.2 288.4 319.0 2.93 8 650 3672 1.2 -9.7 44 10.9 -3.3 235 40 310.3 310.9 288.5 319.3 2.83 9 600 4310 -3.5 -14.9 41 11.4 -7.6 236 42 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.6 1.99 10 550 4992 -8.0 -15.5 55 7.5 -10.6 240 46 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.4 2.08 11 500 5725 -13.1 -18.0 67 4.9 -14.6 245 49 317.1 317.4 289.8 323.3 1.86 12 450 6518 -19.6 -22.8 76 3.2 -20.4 250 50 318.6 318.9 289.8 323.2 1.36 13 400 7381 -26.2 -34.4 46 8.2 -27.5 252 56 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.7 0.52 14 350 8331 -33.9 -35.5 86 1.6 -34.1 255 60 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.53 15 300 9393 -41.9 -42.2 97 0.3 -41.9 251 64 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.31 16 250 10600 -51.6 -57.7 48 6.0 -51.8 257 58 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.06 17 200 12026 -56.1 -67.9 21 11.8 -56.3 264 57 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13847 -58.9 -78.5 6 19.5 -59.2 257 40 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16384 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.1 279 42 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.64 m Freezing level: 637.23 mb = 3834.78 m = 12581.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.70 mb = 3073.52 m = 10083.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.51 mb = 1044.14 m = 3425.61 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 19.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1273.31 m = 4177.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.17 C = 75.51 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 24.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1241.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.43 mb = 1208.44 m = 3964.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.43 mb = 1355.39 m = 4446.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.43 mb = 1554.21 m = 5099.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 819.43 mb = 1756.78 m = 5763.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.7 neg: -6.7 tot: 183.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 21.29 Bulk Shear: 58.31 m/s