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: 38.64,-92.96 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 272 21.2 16.6 75 4.6 18.1 177 13 296.5 298.7 292.2 331.8 12.25 2 950 495 19.6 15.3 76 4.3 16.8 180 25 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.7 11.60 3 900 958 15.6 14.1 91 1.5 14.6 187 32 297.5 299.6 291.8 330.3 11.28 4 850 1442 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 207 39 299.4 301.4 292.0 331.1 10.84 5 800 1950 11.9 2.7 53 9.2 6.9 225 38 303.8 304.9 289.2 321.4 5.81 6 750 2490 11.0 -8.0 26 19.0 2.5 233 39 308.5 309.0 287.9 317.4 2.79 7 700 3060 6.3 -8.8 33 15.1 -0.3 233 41 309.5 310.0 288.2 318.4 2.81 8 650 3662 1.1 -10.3 42 11.4 -3.6 235 43 310.3 310.8 288.3 318.9 2.69 9 600 4300 -3.6 -13.4 47 9.8 -7.3 238 44 311.9 312.3 288.5 319.2 2.26 10 550 4981 -8.5 -13.6 67 5.1 -10.3 241 49 314.0 314.5 289.3 322.0 2.44 11 500 5713 -13.7 -17.0 76 3.3 -14.7 245 50 316.3 316.7 289.7 323.0 2.02 12 450 6504 -20.0 -22.5 80 2.5 -20.7 245 50 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.8 1.39 13 400 7366 -26.4 -29.9 72 3.5 -27.1 244 55 320.6 320.8 289.8 323.4 0.80 14 350 8315 -34.2 -40.3 54 6.2 -34.8 250 58 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.32 15 300 9374 -42.8 -44.9 80 2.1 -42.9 245 63 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.23 16 250 10578 -52.1 -59.8 39 7.7 -52.2 244 57 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.05 17 200 11999 -56.7 -68.5 21 11.8 -56.9 256 57 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13821 -58.8 -78.6 6 19.8 -59.0 249 50 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16370 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 277 33 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.39 m Freezing level: 638.09 mb = 3813.95 m = 12512.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.96 mb = 3002.09 m = 9849.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.44 mb = 859.70 m = 2820.50 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1245.95 m = 4087.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 73.99 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.30 C K Index: 23.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 753.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.24 mb = 1088.80 m = 3572.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.24 mb = 3646.56 m = 11963.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.24 mb = 10805.01 m = 35449.09 ft B at Equ Level: 748.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.24 mb = 12982.32 m = 42592.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 372.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 130.55 m/s