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: 37.82,-93.51 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 972 296 23.8 17.6 68 6.2 19.6 213 13 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.7 13.14 2 950 499 21.7 16.1 70 5.6 17.9 211 24 299.2 301.5 293.0 334.9 12.22 3 900 965 17.2 14.7 85 2.6 15.5 207 29 299.3 301.4 292.7 333.6 11.74 4 850 1450 13.2 12.2 93 1.1 12.6 209 32 300.0 301.9 292.0 330.9 10.54 5 800 1959 12.1 3.4 55 8.7 7.3 231 32 304.0 305.1 289.5 322.4 6.10 6 750 2500 11.2 -6.8 28 18.0 2.9 242 38 308.8 309.3 288.2 318.4 3.06 7 700 3070 6.4 -8.3 34 14.7 -0.0 239 40 309.6 310.2 288.4 318.9 2.93 8 650 3672 1.1 -9.4 45 10.5 -3.3 236 41 310.2 310.8 288.5 319.4 2.88 9 600 4310 -3.7 -14.3 43 10.6 -7.5 236 42 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.7 2.10 10 550 4991 -8.0 -15.7 54 7.7 -10.6 241 47 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.3 2.04 11 500 5725 -12.9 -18.0 66 5.1 -14.5 244 49 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.5 1.85 12 450 6519 -19.4 -22.8 74 3.4 -20.3 250 50 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.5 1.35 13 400 7382 -26.1 -32.8 53 6.7 -27.2 251 55 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.3 0.61 14 350 8332 -33.9 -35.4 87 1.4 -34.1 255 58 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.0 0.54 15 300 9395 -41.8 -42.4 94 0.6 -41.9 249 62 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.30 16 250 10602 -51.6 -57.3 51 5.7 -51.8 255 56 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.07 17 200 12027 -56.4 -67.9 22 11.4 -56.6 262 56 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 13845 -59.2 -78.4 7 19.2 -59.4 254 42 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16382 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 280 42 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.80 m Freezing level: 638.41 mb = 3819.97 m = 12532.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.66 mb = 3062.58 m = 10047.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.84 mb = 1080.45 m = 3544.75 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1318.76 m = 4326.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 23.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1185.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.55 mb = 1257.30 m = 4124.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.55 mb = 1405.13 m = 4609.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.55 mb = 1604.43 m = 5263.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.55 mb = 1807.99 m = 5931.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 193.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 20.46 Bulk Shear: 57.96 m/s