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: 38.97,-94.45 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 968 281 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 178 10 294.8 297.2 292.4 332.8 13.26 2 950 443 18.4 16.8 90 1.6 17.4 189 19 295.9 298.2 292.4 332.8 12.80 3 900 906 16.2 14.4 89 1.9 15.0 210 28 298.2 300.3 292.2 331.7 11.50 4 850 1391 13.4 11.4 88 2.0 12.1 216 31 300.2 302.0 291.6 329.6 10.03 5 800 1901 10.3 7.7 84 2.6 8.8 220 34 302.1 303.6 290.8 326.7 8.28 6 750 2435 6.1 4.1 87 2.0 5.0 222 37 303.2 304.5 289.9 323.8 6.86 7 700 2998 2.7 0.6 86 2.1 1.6 223 40 305.4 306.5 289.6 322.8 5.71 8 650 3596 -0.1 -2.7 83 2.6 -1.4 222 42 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.8 4.82 9 600 4234 -4.0 -6.3 84 2.2 -5.0 219 43 311.5 312.2 290.0 324.1 3.99 10 550 4916 -8.2 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.9 213 45 314.4 315.0 290.2 324.9 3.26 11 500 5650 -12.4 -13.6 90 1.2 -12.9 204 46 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.7 2.67 12 450 6448 -17.0 -17.6 95 0.6 -17.2 193 45 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.0 2.13 13 400 7323 -22.7 -22.8 99 0.1 -22.7 183 48 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.8 1.53 14 350 8288 -29.7 -29.8 99 0.1 -29.7 178 52 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.0 0.93 15 300 9369 -37.6 -37.6 100 0.0 -37.6 179 59 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10602 -46.4 -46.7 96 0.3 -46.4 175 62 337.1 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.23 17 200 12048 -56.0 -57.5 84 1.5 -56.1 197 70 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 13854 -58.9 -77.5 7 18.7 -59.0 225 64 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16393 -59.2 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.5 252 31 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.90 m Freezing level: 652.62 mb = 3565.06 m = 11696.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.20 mb = 3313.28 m = 10870.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.47 C = 77.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.79 mb = 435.35 m = 1428.29 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1229.12 m = 4032.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.60 C = 74.49 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 393.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.07 mb = 962.29 m = 3157.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.07 mb = 1805.88 m = 5924.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.07 mb = 8307.06 m = 27253.79 ft B at Equ Level: 392.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.07 mb = 11458.12 m = 37591.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 6.89 Bulk Shear: 57.17 m/s