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: 38.09,-92.25 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 976 275 22.1 15.7 67 6.5 17.8 172 12 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.7 11.53 2 950 509 20.1 14.2 69 5.8 16.3 176 25 297.5 299.5 291.4 328.9 10.80 3 900 972 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.1 181 31 297.6 299.6 291.3 328.5 10.62 4 850 1455 13.1 11.7 91 1.4 12.3 209 35 299.9 301.7 291.7 329.9 10.23 5 800 1966 13.3 1.3 44 11.9 6.9 229 34 305.3 306.3 289.2 321.3 5.26 6 750 2507 10.9 -5.9 30 16.8 3.0 234 33 308.4 309.0 288.3 318.7 3.28 7 700 3077 6.3 -8.0 35 14.3 -0.0 236 35 309.4 310.0 288.4 318.9 2.99 8 650 3678 1.1 -10.2 43 11.2 -3.6 239 36 310.2 310.7 288.3 318.9 2.72 9 600 4315 -4.3 -13.8 47 9.6 -7.7 243 37 311.2 311.6 288.2 318.3 2.19 10 550 4995 -8.5 -15.0 59 6.5 -10.8 248 42 314.0 314.4 289.0 321.1 2.16 11 500 5728 -13.3 -15.0 87 1.7 -13.9 247 49 316.8 317.3 290.2 324.7 2.38 12 450 6521 -18.9 -20.4 88 1.4 -19.3 249 51 319.4 319.7 290.3 325.1 1.68 13 400 7388 -25.1 -26.1 91 1.0 -25.3 254 52 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.14 14 350 8343 -33.0 -34.6 86 1.6 -33.3 249 52 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.3 0.58 15 300 9406 -41.7 -42.2 95 0.4 -41.8 243 53 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.31 16 250 10613 -52.2 -55.1 71 2.8 -52.3 237 54 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.09 17 200 12028 -58.9 -66.1 39 7.2 -59.0 256 57 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 18 150 13838 -60.1 -78.2 8 18.1 -60.3 247 52 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16377 -61.5 -84.0 4 22.4 -61.7 280 32 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.90 m Freezing level: 639.90 mb = 3806.86 m = 12489.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.64 mb = 3069.17 m = 10069.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.67 mb = 1088.66 m = 3571.69 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.29 mb = 2547.57 m = 8358.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 23.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 331.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.44 mb = 1264.10 m = 4147.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.44 mb = 3871.01 m = 12700.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.44 mb = 10755.77 m = 35287.53 ft B at Equ Level: 324.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.44 mb = 12205.49 m = 40043.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 340.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 127.66 m/s