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: 38.97,-92.8 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 980 220 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.7 188 9 294.0 296.3 291.6 329.6 12.45 2 950 491 20.1 15.5 75 4.7 17.0 209 24 297.6 299.7 292.2 331.5 11.70 3 900 956 16.8 13.3 80 3.4 14.6 224 28 298.8 300.7 291.7 330.2 10.75 4 850 1441 13.0 11.0 87 2.1 11.7 229 30 299.8 301.6 291.2 328.4 9.73 5 800 1949 10.1 7.5 84 2.5 8.6 234 32 301.9 303.4 290.6 326.2 8.18 6 750 2483 7.1 3.3 77 3.8 5.0 234 34 304.3 305.5 289.9 323.9 6.49 7 700 3048 4.4 -4.7 52 9.1 0.2 238 40 307.4 308.1 288.5 319.4 3.86 8 650 3647 -0.1 -7.3 58 7.2 -3.3 240 44 308.8 309.5 288.6 319.5 3.39 9 600 4282 -4.8 -10.1 67 5.3 -6.9 241 45 310.6 311.1 288.8 320.0 2.96 10 550 4960 -10.0 -13.9 73 3.9 -11.3 242 46 312.2 312.7 288.7 319.9 2.37 11 500 5688 -14.9 -19.9 65 5.1 -16.3 242 51 314.9 315.2 288.8 320.1 1.57 12 450 6476 -20.7 -29.4 46 8.7 -22.4 240 53 317.2 317.4 288.7 319.8 0.75 13 400 7335 -27.5 -32.4 63 4.9 -28.2 242 56 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.5 0.63 14 350 8281 -34.7 -35.4 94 0.6 -34.8 240 62 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.8 0.54 15 300 9338 -42.6 -48.5 52 5.9 -42.9 238 71 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.16 16 250 10548 -49.8 -56.3 47 6.4 -50.0 231 58 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 17 200 11985 -54.4 -69.3 14 14.9 -54.7 245 53 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 13813 -58.0 -79.0 5 21.0 -58.2 250 53 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16369 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.9 -61.4 282 38 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.55 m Freezing level: 651.34 mb = 3630.78 m = 11911.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.17 mb = 3081.04 m = 10108.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.65 mb = 512.72 m = 1682.12 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1402.13 m = 4600.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.77 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.87 C K Index: 29.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 914.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.82 mb = 1148.60 m = 3768.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.82 mb = 2002.69 m = 6570.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.82 mb = 10165.55 m = 33351.14 ft B at Equ Level: 913.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.82 mb = 12840.04 m = 42125.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 12.50 Bulk Shear: 73.19 m/s