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: 39.71,-92.81 Latitude: 39.71 Longitude: -92.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 986 244 13.1 11.5 90 1.6 12.1 106 10 287.4 288.9 285.9 311.5 8.66 2 950 558 10.2 10.2 100 0.0 10.2 112 19 287.5 289.0 285.5 310.6 8.22 3 900 1008 9.4 9.4 100 0.0 9.4 128 17 291.2 292.7 286.9 314.6 8.24 4 850 1483 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 127 14 295.6 297.1 288.3 318.8 8.02 5 800 1984 7.2 5.8 91 1.4 6.5 138 9 298.8 300.2 288.8 320.2 7.27 6 750 2514 4.9 3.8 93 1.1 4.3 182 6 301.9 303.2 289.3 322.0 6.72 7 700 3075 2.2 1.3 94 0.8 1.7 240 10 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.2 6.03 8 650 3672 -0.5 -4.0 77 3.5 -2.1 256 17 308.4 309.2 289.4 322.0 4.38 9 600 4308 -4.0 -11.7 55 7.7 -7.0 260 20 311.5 312.0 288.7 319.9 2.60 10 550 4989 -8.5 -20.1 39 11.6 -12.0 267 24 313.9 314.2 288.3 318.6 1.41 11 500 5720 -13.9 -30.3 24 16.5 -17.4 262 32 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.3 0.61 12 450 6510 -20.1 -35.8 23 15.7 -22.6 256 45 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.40 13 400 7371 -26.4 -43.3 19 16.9 -28.3 243 53 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.21 14 350 8321 -34.2 -44.9 33 10.7 -35.1 233 58 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.20 15 300 9381 -42.1 -53.0 29 11.0 -42.6 224 67 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.09 16 250 10588 -51.6 -58.8 42 7.2 -51.8 223 71 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 17 200 12013 -57.1 -67.6 25 10.5 -57.3 231 71 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13825 -59.7 -78.9 6 19.2 -59.9 260 47 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16330 -63.0 -84.0 4 21.0 -63.2 272 35 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.22 m Freezing level: 659.22 mb = 3561.61 m = 11684.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.77 mb = 3334.81 m = 10940.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.27 % Est. max temperature: 22.16 C = 71.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.84 mb = 445.63 m = 1462.02 ft T: 11.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.98 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.42 mb = 545.59 m = 1789.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.26 C = 55.86 F Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lifted Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.08 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10322.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.37 mb = 731.65 m = 2400.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -7.4 tot: 78.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 128.25 m/s