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: 38.47,-93.10 Latitude: 38.47 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21.6 16.7 74 4.9 18.3 183 13 297.1 299.4 292.5 333.0 12.39 2 950 495 20.1 15.5 75 4.6 17.1 186 24 297.6 299.7 292.2 331.6 11.72 3 900 959 15.9 14.2 90 1.7 14.8 191 31 297.9 300.0 292.0 331.1 11.41 4 850 1443 12.8 12.8 100 0.0 12.9 207 38 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.8 11.01 5 800 1951 12.0 2.8 53 9.3 7.0 225 37 304.0 305.1 289.3 321.7 5.85 6 750 2491 11.2 -8.1 25 19.3 2.5 233 39 308.7 309.2 287.9 317.5 2.76 7 700 3062 6.4 -8.7 33 15.1 -0.2 234 41 309.6 310.1 288.3 318.5 2.82 8 650 3664 1.2 -10.2 42 11.4 -3.5 235 42 310.3 310.9 288.4 319.0 2.70 9 600 4302 -3.5 -13.7 45 10.3 -7.2 238 43 312.1 312.5 288.5 319.2 2.20 10 550 4983 -8.3 -13.7 65 5.4 -10.3 242 49 314.2 314.7 289.4 322.1 2.41 11 500 5716 -13.5 -17.5 72 3.9 -14.8 245 50 316.5 316.9 289.6 323.0 1.94 12 450 6507 -20.0 -22.6 79 2.7 -20.7 246 49 318.1 318.4 289.6 322.8 1.38 13 400 7369 -26.4 -29.9 72 3.5 -27.1 246 54 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.5 0.80 14 350 8319 -34.1 -39.7 56 5.7 -34.7 251 57 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.35 15 300 9379 -42.5 -44.2 84 1.6 -42.6 246 63 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.3 0.25 16 250 10583 -52.0 -59.6 40 7.6 -52.2 246 57 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.05 17 200 12005 -56.7 -68.4 21 11.8 -56.9 257 57 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13825 -59.0 -78.6 6 19.6 -59.2 250 48 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16373 -61.1 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 279 35 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.93 m Freezing level: 637.00 mb = 3829.46 m = 12563.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.90 mb = 3015.93 m = 9894.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.78 mb = 913.25 m = 2996.18 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 14.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1277.01 m = 4189.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.34 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 24.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 852.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.05 mb = 1129.30 m = 3705.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.05 mb = 3575.95 m = 11731.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.05 mb = 10921.50 m = 35831.27 ft B at Equ Level: 844.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.05 mb = 13144.00 m = 43122.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 345.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 7.39 Bulk Shear: 115.47 m/s