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: 37.89,-93.51 Latitude: 37.89 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 973 290 23.7 17.6 68 6.1 19.5 213 12 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.5 13.12 2 950 498 21.6 16.1 71 5.5 17.9 212 24 299.1 301.4 293.0 334.8 12.22 3 900 964 17.1 14.7 85 2.5 15.5 208 29 299.2 301.3 292.6 333.4 11.73 4 850 1450 13.2 12.1 93 1.1 12.5 209 32 299.9 301.8 291.9 330.7 10.48 5 800 1958 11.9 3.7 57 8.2 7.3 230 32 303.9 305.0 289.6 322.7 6.24 6 750 2499 11.2 -6.7 28 17.9 2.9 242 39 308.8 309.3 288.3 318.5 3.09 7 700 3069 6.4 -8.1 35 14.5 0.0 239 41 309.6 310.1 288.4 319.0 2.96 8 650 3671 1.1 -9.4 45 10.5 -3.3 236 41 310.2 310.7 288.5 319.3 2.87 9 600 4308 -3.7 -14.4 43 10.7 -7.5 236 43 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.7 2.09 10 550 4990 -8.0 -15.2 56 7.2 -10.5 240 47 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.5 2.12 11 500 5724 -12.9 -18.3 64 5.4 -14.6 244 50 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.3 1.81 12 450 6517 -19.5 -22.8 75 3.2 -20.4 250 49 318.7 318.9 289.8 323.3 1.36 13 400 7380 -26.1 -33.1 52 7.0 -27.2 250 55 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.1 0.59 14 350 8330 -33.9 -35.6 85 1.7 -34.1 254 58 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.52 15 300 9393 -41.9 -42.5 94 0.6 -41.9 249 63 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.30 16 250 10599 -51.7 -57.7 48 6.0 -51.8 255 56 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.06 17 200 12025 -56.4 -68.1 21 11.8 -56.6 262 56 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13843 -59.1 -78.5 6 19.3 -59.3 254 43 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16381 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.4 -61.7 280 41 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.92 m Freezing level: 638.59 mb = 3816.32 m = 12520.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.70 mb = 3072.56 m = 10080.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.24 mb = 1066.22 m = 3498.05 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1302.48 m = 4273.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 23.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1180.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.07 mb = 1241.51 m = 4073.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.07 mb = 1389.03 m = 4557.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.07 mb = 1689.02 m = 5541.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 806.07 mb = 1894.63 m = 6215.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 200.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 19.83 Bulk Shear: 59.52 m/s