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: 38.5,-94.69 Latitude: 38.50 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 39 SFC 972 288 22.8 17.4 72 5.3 19.1 181 15 298.4 300.7 293.4 336.2 13.01 2 950 483 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 184 25 298.0 300.2 292.8 333.9 12.38 3 900 947 16.3 15.3 94 1.0 15.6 189 30 298.3 300.5 292.7 333.8 12.24 4 850 1433 15.9 11.5 75 4.4 13.1 206 40 302.8 304.6 292.4 332.7 10.09 5 800 1948 13.8 5.6 58 8.2 9.0 209 44 305.9 307.2 291.0 327.6 7.17 6 750 2488 9.3 1.4 58 7.9 5.1 209 42 306.7 307.7 290.0 324.0 5.65 7 700 3056 4.8 -2.3 60 7.1 1.3 208 40 307.8 308.7 289.4 322.1 4.63 8 650 3655 -0.5 -5.7 68 5.3 -2.8 206 40 308.4 309.2 288.9 320.5 3.84 9 600 4288 -6.2 -7.5 90 1.3 -6.8 204 40 308.9 309.6 288.8 320.3 3.62 10 550 4964 -10.1 -10.6 96 0.6 -10.3 208 42 312.2 312.7 289.4 322.1 3.10 11 500 5694 -14.2 -14.6 97 0.3 -14.3 212 48 315.7 316.1 289.9 323.8 2.47 12 450 6485 -19.2 -19.2 100 0.0 -19.2 211 52 319.1 319.5 290.4 325.4 1.86 13 400 7351 -25.5 -25.5 100 0.0 -25.5 208 54 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.0 1.20 14 350 8302 -33.8 -34.8 91 1.0 -34.0 207 55 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.2 0.57 15 300 9364 -41.7 -41.7 100 -0.0 -41.7 205 66 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.33 16 250 10576 -49.6 -53.8 61 4.2 -49.8 207 70 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 17 200 12020 -52.2 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.6 226 78 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13874 -54.7 -80.4 3 25.8 -55.1 234 56 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16411 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.7 -62.4 250 35 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.57 m Freezing level: 654.36 mb = 3602.36 m = 11818.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.16 mb = 3240.64 m = 10631.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.51 mb = 961.43 m = 3154.25 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.24 mb = 2008.47 m = 6589.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.76 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.11 mb = 1108.39 m = 3636.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.11 mb = 2845.43 m = 9335.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.11 mb = 10891.56 m = 35733.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1221.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.11 mb = 13534.50 m = 44403.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.9 neg: -16.4 tot: 188.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 23.31 Bulk Shear: 53.29 m/s