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: 38.42,-95.46 Latitude: 38.42 Longitude: -95.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 967 320 22.7 17.7 73 5.0 19.3 195 19 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.31 2 950 473 20.4 16.9 81 3.5 18.1 196 27 297.9 300.2 293.2 335.3 12.89 3 900 938 16.2 15.8 97 0.4 16.0 200 30 298.2 300.5 293.0 335.0 12.64 4 850 1423 13.7 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 207 34 300.5 302.5 292.4 332.6 10.92 5 800 1936 13.9 6.3 60 7.5 9.5 203 44 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.52 6 750 2476 9.9 1.7 57 8.2 5.4 202 43 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.0 5.77 7 700 3045 5.6 -2.5 56 8.1 1.5 206 40 308.6 309.5 289.6 322.8 4.54 8 650 3646 0.4 -6.5 60 6.8 -2.7 207 38 309.4 310.1 289.0 320.8 3.62 9 600 4281 -5.3 -9.5 73 4.1 -7.0 205 37 310.0 310.6 288.7 319.8 3.11 10 550 4957 -10.9 -12.5 88 1.5 -11.5 203 40 311.1 311.6 288.6 319.7 2.67 11 500 5682 -16.0 -17.6 87 1.7 -16.5 205 48 313.6 313.9 288.7 319.8 1.91 12 450 6469 -19.9 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.9 204 53 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.1 1.75 13 400 7330 -27.4 -30.6 74 3.2 -27.9 207 56 319.4 319.5 289.3 322.0 0.75 14 350 8277 -34.4 -44.3 36 9.9 -35.2 214 63 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.21 15 300 9337 -42.1 -42.9 92 0.8 -42.2 204 75 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.29 16 250 10548 -49.6 -60.9 26 11.3 -49.9 209 72 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 17 200 12000 -51.2 -71.7 7 20.4 -51.6 228 80 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13863 -53.4 -80.6 2 27.3 -53.8 233 57 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16410 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.4 246 31 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.43 m Freezing level: 646.85 mb = 3685.71 m = 12092.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.71 mb = 3259.68 m = 10694.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.39 mb = 952.80 m = 3125.95 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1088.17 m = 3570.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.95 C = 73.30 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.73 C Cross Totals Index: 28.68 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1550.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.19 mb = 1021.17 m = 3350.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.19 mb = 1361.25 m = 4466.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 846.19 mb = 1460.84 m = 4792.72 ft B at Equ Level: 5.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 826.19 mb = 1663.16 m = 5456.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.8 neg: -11.6 tot: 95.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 61.96 Bulk Shear: 25.02 m/s