MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.56,-94.69 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 972 286 24.3 18.0 68 6.3 19.9 185 18 299.9 302.4 294.1 339.3 13.47 2 950 483 22.0 16.6 72 5.4 18.4 186 28 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.4 12.63 3 900 950 18.0 15.1 83 2.9 16.1 189 35 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.6 12.11 4 850 1440 16.7 12.1 74 4.7 13.7 202 41 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.46 5 800 1955 13.8 9.3 74 4.6 11.0 208 42 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.6 9.22 6 750 2496 9.3 7.2 87 2.1 8.0 211 42 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.5 8.53 7 700 3064 4.9 4.0 94 0.9 4.4 212 43 307.9 309.3 291.7 330.2 7.30 8 650 3665 0.4 -1.2 89 1.6 -0.4 210 42 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.1 5.40 9 600 4301 -4.6 -7.3 81 2.7 -5.7 207 40 310.8 311.5 289.5 322.5 3.68 10 550 4981 -9.1 -12.3 78 3.2 -10.2 209 44 313.3 313.9 289.4 322.1 2.71 11 500 5713 -13.4 -17.9 68 4.6 -14.8 217 49 316.7 317.1 289.6 323.0 1.86 12 450 6506 -18.7 -19.1 97 0.4 -18.8 219 51 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.1 1.88 13 400 7372 -25.8 -31.7 58 5.9 -26.8 218 52 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.9 0.68 14 350 8325 -32.8 -41.5 42 8.7 -33.7 220 64 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.29 15 300 9391 -41.1 -41.6 95 0.5 -41.1 211 66 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.33 16 250 10604 -49.2 -58.3 34 9.1 -49.5 218 72 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 17 200 12058 -52.1 -70.0 10 17.8 -52.5 233 81 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13905 -55.6 -80.4 3 24.8 -55.9 232 59 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16431 -63.0 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.2 248 36 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.04 m Freezing level: 646.14 mb = 3713.99 m = 12184.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.06 mb = 3614.30 m = 11857.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.75 mb = 1086.71 m = 3565.29 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.20 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 1993.87 m = 6541.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 41.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1383.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.89 mb = 1290.82 m = 4234.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.89 mb = 2607.42 m = 8554.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.89 mb = 10873.27 m = 35673.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1380.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.89 mb = 13909.17 m = 45633.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.0 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 238.0 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 218.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 28.42 Bulk Shear: 48.70 m/s