MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 38.64,-93.03 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 970 275 22.6 17.0 71 5.6 18.8 146 18 298.4 300.7 293.1 335.2 12.66 2 950 456 21.0 15.8 72 5.2 17.6 150 31 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.5 11.99 3 900 922 16.7 14.5 87 2.3 15.3 155 40 298.8 300.9 292.4 332.6 11.60 4 850 1409 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 13.0 182 40 303.8 305.5 292.4 332.4 9.60 5 800 1924 13.4 8.3 72 5.0 10.3 187 36 305.4 307.0 292.1 331.5 8.65 6 750 2464 9.0 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 186 33 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.7 7.69 7 700 3031 4.4 3.3 93 1.1 3.8 186 32 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.4 6.93 8 650 3630 -0.1 -0.6 96 0.5 -0.4 189 32 308.8 309.9 290.6 326.2 5.63 9 600 4266 -4.8 -6.6 87 1.8 -5.6 194 34 310.5 311.3 289.6 322.8 3.88 10 550 4947 -7.5 -15.1 55 7.6 -10.2 201 45 315.1 315.6 289.4 322.2 2.15 11 500 5683 -11.7 -19.0 55 7.2 -14.0 206 51 318.7 319.0 290.1 324.5 1.71 12 450 6481 -17.4 -27.8 40 10.4 -19.7 206 54 321.4 321.6 290.1 324.4 0.87 13 400 7352 -23.4 -27.0 73 3.5 -24.2 222 65 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.3 1.05 14 350 8317 -29.9 -32.3 80 2.4 -30.3 221 76 328.4 328.5 292.0 331.0 0.72 15 300 9395 -38.5 -38.6 99 0.1 -38.5 223 79 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.45 16 250 10623 -47.3 -47.4 99 0.1 -47.3 232 80 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 17 200 12065 -57.9 -58.0 99 0.1 -57.9 234 81 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.08 18 150 13870 -55.6 -79.1 4 23.5 -56.0 234 68 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16407 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.3 249 34 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.40 m Freezing level: 651.49 mb = 3612.62 m = 11852.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.69 mb = 3572.28 m = 11719.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.24 mb = 985.86 m = 3234.42 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2026.60 m = 6648.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 476.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.23 mb = 1238.06 m = 4061.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.23 mb = 2774.09 m = 9101.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.23 mb = 9571.80 m = 31403.17 ft B at Equ Level: 474.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.23 mb = 12648.75 m = 41498.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.6 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 219.6 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.9 neg: -23.1 tot: 271.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 6.17 Bulk Shear: 77.15 m/s