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: 38.99,-93.07 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 980 222 19.1 16.9 87 2.2 17.6 205 8 293.9 296.1 291.6 329.4 12.43 2 950 488 20.6 15.3 72 5.3 17.1 224 25 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.8 11.59 3 900 953 16.9 13.3 79 3.7 14.6 232 28 298.9 300.9 291.7 330.2 10.69 4 850 1438 13.1 10.9 86 2.2 11.7 236 30 299.9 301.6 291.2 328.2 9.66 5 800 1946 10.0 7.2 83 2.8 8.4 241 32 301.8 303.3 290.5 325.6 7.99 6 750 2480 7.2 3.3 76 3.9 5.1 237 33 304.4 305.6 289.9 323.9 6.47 7 700 3046 4.6 -6.1 46 10.6 -0.2 240 39 307.6 308.2 288.2 318.4 3.47 8 650 3645 0.3 -8.9 50 9.2 -3.6 240 44 309.3 309.9 288.3 318.9 3.00 9 600 4281 -4.3 -12.4 53 8.1 -7.4 241 45 311.1 311.6 288.4 319.0 2.45 10 550 4959 -10.0 -16.3 60 6.3 -12.1 242 45 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.6 1.95 11 500 5686 -15.2 -20.2 65 5.1 -16.6 240 51 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.6 1.53 12 450 6473 -21.2 -31.6 39 10.4 -23.1 240 54 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.7 0.60 13 400 7331 -27.8 -34.7 52 6.9 -28.8 241 57 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.6 0.50 14 350 8275 -35.1 -36.8 84 1.7 -35.3 241 65 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.46 15 300 9331 -43.1 -51.6 39 8.5 -43.5 237 72 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.11 16 250 10538 -49.6 -59.0 33 9.3 -49.9 232 58 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 11983 -53.0 -72.6 8 19.6 -53.3 249 50 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13816 -58.4 -79.0 5 20.6 -58.6 250 48 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16369 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.4 283 40 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.61 m Freezing level: 646.42 mb = 3690.13 m = 12106.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.30 mb = 3018.79 m = 9904.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.83 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.81 mb = 498.86 m = 1636.67 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1430.45 m = 4693.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 28.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 976.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.78 mb = 1194.44 m = 3918.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.78 mb = 1948.30 m = 6391.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.78 mb = 10283.82 m = 33739.17 ft B at Equ Level: 970.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.78 mb = 12661.94 m = 41541.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 19.58 Bulk Shear: 49.85 m/s