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: 37.92,-93.68 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -93.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 974 277 23.6 17.6 69 6.0 19.5 212 13 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.2 13.11 2 950 497 21.4 16.1 72 5.2 17.8 212 23 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.5 12.21 3 900 962 16.9 14.7 87 2.2 15.5 210 28 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.3 11.79 4 850 1447 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 214 31 299.8 301.7 291.9 330.6 10.54 5 800 1956 12.5 2.3 50 10.2 7.0 232 34 304.5 305.5 289.2 321.6 5.66 6 750 2497 11.2 -6.5 28 17.7 3.0 241 39 308.7 309.3 288.3 318.6 3.13 7 700 3068 6.4 -8.0 35 14.4 0.0 238 41 309.6 310.1 288.4 319.1 2.98 8 650 3669 1.2 -9.7 44 10.9 -3.4 235 41 310.3 310.8 288.5 319.2 2.81 9 600 4307 -3.6 -14.8 41 11.2 -7.6 236 43 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.6 2.02 10 550 4989 -8.2 -14.8 59 6.7 -10.5 239 47 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.6 2.20 11 500 5722 -13.1 -18.2 65 5.1 -14.7 245 50 317.0 317.4 289.7 323.1 1.82 12 450 6515 -19.8 -22.7 78 2.9 -20.5 249 50 318.3 318.6 289.6 323.0 1.37 13 400 7377 -26.4 -34.6 46 8.3 -27.6 250 56 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.6 0.51 14 350 8327 -34.0 -36.2 80 2.3 -34.2 254 59 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.8 0.49 15 300 9388 -42.1 -42.5 96 0.4 -42.1 250 65 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.30 16 250 10595 -51.7 -58.3 45 6.6 -51.9 256 58 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.06 17 200 12021 -56.0 -68.5 19 12.5 -56.2 263 57 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13842 -58.8 -78.6 6 19.7 -59.0 255 42 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16381 -61.7 -83.9 4 22.2 -62.0 279 41 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.46 m Freezing level: 637.77 mb = 3825.19 m = 12549.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.71 mb = 3070.88 m = 10074.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.98 mb = 1038.30 m = 3406.47 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1262.27 m = 4141.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1186.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.97 mb = 1201.68 m = 3942.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.97 mb = 1348.43 m = 4423.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.97 mb = 1647.50 m = 5405.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 809.97 mb = 1852.19 m = 6076.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 195.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 60.43 m/s