MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 38.77,-93.19 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 977 252 19.0 16.9 88 2.1 17.6 208 8 294.1 296.4 291.7 329.8 12.49 2 950 490 20.7 15.5 72 5.2 17.2 226 24 298.2 300.3 292.3 332.3 11.73 3 900 956 17.3 13.2 77 4.1 14.7 235 29 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.5 10.66 4 850 1441 13.4 10.8 85 2.5 11.8 239 31 300.1 301.9 291.3 328.4 9.63 5 800 1949 10.2 7.2 82 2.9 8.5 242 33 302.0 303.5 290.5 325.8 8.00 6 750 2484 7.4 2.9 73 4.5 4.9 239 35 304.6 305.7 289.9 323.6 6.28 7 700 3049 4.6 -5.9 46 10.5 -0.2 240 40 307.6 308.3 288.3 318.6 3.52 8 650 3649 0.4 -8.9 50 9.3 -3.5 241 45 309.5 310.0 288.4 319.0 3.01 9 600 4285 -4.4 -12.6 53 8.2 -7.4 243 46 311.1 311.5 288.4 318.9 2.42 10 550 4963 -9.9 -14.9 67 5.0 -11.6 243 46 312.3 312.7 288.5 319.4 2.18 11 500 5691 -15.1 -21.0 60 5.9 -16.7 242 51 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.5 1.43 12 450 6478 -20.9 -32.1 36 11.2 -22.9 242 54 316.9 317.0 288.4 319.0 0.58 13 400 7337 -27.7 -33.3 59 5.6 -28.5 244 58 319.0 319.1 289.0 321.1 0.58 14 350 8282 -35.0 -37.3 79 2.4 -35.3 243 65 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.2 0.44 15 300 9338 -43.0 -51.9 37 8.9 -43.5 240 71 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.11 16 250 10546 -49.6 -59.5 30 9.9 -49.8 237 57 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 17 200 11990 -53.5 -71.7 9 18.3 -53.8 249 52 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13823 -58.2 -79.0 5 20.8 -58.5 253 50 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16375 -61.5 -84.0 3 22.5 -61.7 284 41 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.30 m Freezing level: 645.35 mb = 3707.76 m = 12164.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.53 mb = 3031.59 m = 9946.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.13 mb = 515.98 m = 1692.81 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.12 mb = 1489.36 m = 4886.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.87 C K Index: 28.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 993.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.33 mb = 1240.30 m = 4069.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.33 mb = 1997.72 m = 6554.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.33 mb = 10406.27 m = 34140.89 ft B at Equ Level: 985.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.33 mb = 12828.55 m = 42087.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 182.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 18.56 Bulk Shear: 53.54 m/s