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: 39.51,-93.27 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 975 230 21.4 17.7 79 3.7 18.9 163 13 296.7 299.1 293.0 334.7 13.18 2 950 457 19.4 16.3 82 3.1 17.4 164 24 296.9 299.2 292.4 332.8 12.40 3 900 920 15.8 14.7 93 1.1 15.1 169 30 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.9 11.75 4 850 1404 13.3 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 185 37 300.1 302.0 292.0 331.2 10.61 5 800 1914 11.1 9.7 91 1.4 10.2 193 37 303.0 304.7 292.0 331.2 9.48 6 750 2450 7.6 6.9 96 0.6 7.2 192 34 304.8 306.4 291.7 330.0 8.37 7 700 3015 3.7 3.3 97 0.5 3.5 188 33 306.6 307.9 291.1 327.7 6.94 8 650 3613 -0.0 -1.3 91 1.2 -0.6 187 33 308.9 309.9 290.5 325.6 5.38 9 600 4250 -3.7 -5.2 89 1.5 -4.4 194 34 311.8 312.7 290.4 325.5 4.33 10 550 4932 -7.4 -9.5 85 2.1 -8.3 197 34 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.2 3.38 11 500 5667 -11.8 -13.8 85 2.0 -12.5 195 34 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.4 2.64 12 450 6465 -17.1 -20.2 77 3.1 -18.0 190 36 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.6 1.71 13 400 7336 -24.3 -25.8 87 1.5 -24.6 194 39 323.4 323.7 291.0 327.5 1.17 14 350 8293 -32.3 -32.3 100 0.0 -32.3 201 47 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.73 15 300 9361 -40.2 -40.2 100 -0.0 -40.2 206 54 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.38 16 250 10581 -49.1 -49.4 97 0.2 -49.1 207 67 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.17 17 200 12013 -55.6 -57.4 80 1.9 -55.6 217 81 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 13857 -55.6 -73.6 9 18.0 -55.9 235 63 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16394 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.4 251 30 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.19 m Freezing level: 650.36 mb = 3608.88 m = 11840.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.62 mb = 3519.21 m = 11545.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.61 mb = 698.18 m = 2290.60 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1124.80 m = 3690.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.30 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.35 mb = 964.02 m = 3162.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.35 mb = 2227.44 m = 7307.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.35 mb = 10309.12 m = 33822.16 ft B at Equ Level: 576.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.35 mb = 12675.43 m = 41585.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 219.0 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.0 neg: -21.3 tot: 161.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 18.37 Bulk Shear: 31.54 m/s