MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 38.64,-93.75 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -93.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 983 255 13.9 13.5 97 0.4 13.7 106 8 288.5 290.3 287.5 316.3 9.94 2 950 541 12.8 12.7 100 0.0 12.7 134 18 290.1 291.9 288.0 317.7 9.79 3 900 996 13.0 13.1 100 -0.0 13.0 192 22 295.0 296.8 290.3 325.3 10.55 4 850 1477 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 218 17 298.2 300.0 291.0 327.4 10.01 5 800 1983 9.0 8.9 100 0.1 8.9 222 12 300.7 302.4 290.9 327.3 8.99 6 750 2517 7.0 6.9 100 0.1 6.9 216 13 304.1 305.7 291.5 329.2 8.35 7 700 3082 4.3 -1.6 65 5.9 1.4 231 20 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.2 4.85 8 650 3680 0.0 -10.0 47 10.0 -4.1 243 20 309.0 309.5 288.0 317.7 2.75 9 600 4316 -4.2 -21.8 24 17.6 -9.4 252 21 311.3 311.5 287.1 315.0 1.12 10 550 4995 -9.3 -25.6 25 16.3 -13.4 252 28 313.1 313.2 287.4 316.0 0.87 11 500 5724 -14.3 -30.1 25 15.8 -17.7 250 40 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.8 0.63 12 450 6514 -20.1 -38.4 18 18.3 -22.8 246 48 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.2 0.31 13 400 7376 -26.0 -42.0 21 16.0 -27.9 240 55 321.1 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.24 14 350 8327 -33.7 -44.5 33 10.8 -34.6 236 61 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.21 15 300 9392 -40.8 -45.7 59 4.9 -41.2 226 78 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.21 16 250 10606 -50.2 -54.3 62 4.1 -50.4 222 78 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12035 -57.6 -66.8 30 9.2 -57.8 227 75 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 18 150 13843 -58.8 -79.7 5 20.9 -59.0 256 52 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16352 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.8 -63.4 271 34 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.46 m Freezing level: 649.78 mb = 3683.08 m = 12083.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.45 mb = 3227.67 m = 10589.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.25 % Est. max temperature: 24.42 C = 75.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.38 mb = 309.74 m = 1016.21 ft T: 13.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 975.08 mb = 320.99 m = 1053.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.31 C = 57.76 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.73 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7632.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.54 mb = 715.13 m = 2346.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.2 neg: -14.7 tot: 229.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 114.99 m/s