MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.89,-92.40 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -92.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 969 301 19.0 17.5 91 1.4 18.0 176 16 294.8 297.2 292.4 332.4 13.13 2 950 467 18.4 16.8 90 1.6 17.3 174 31 295.9 298.1 292.4 332.6 12.76 3 900 930 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 175 43 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.6 12.07 4 850 1414 13.3 12.7 96 0.7 12.9 182 51 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.1 10.90 5 800 1922 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.2 188 53 302.5 304.3 292.0 330.9 9.58 6 750 2458 7.5 6.7 94 0.8 7.1 192 52 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.5 8.23 7 700 3022 4.1 3.5 96 0.6 3.8 196 51 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.6 7.06 8 650 3621 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 201 49 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.1 5.97 9 600 4259 -2.7 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 204 49 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.7 4.99 10 550 4943 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 207 49 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.7 4.11 11 500 5680 -10.7 -11.2 96 0.5 -10.9 208 50 319.9 320.6 291.9 330.6 3.25 12 450 6481 -15.5 -15.7 98 0.2 -15.6 206 50 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.2 2.50 13 400 7358 -21.3 -21.3 100 0.0 -21.3 203 51 327.3 327.7 292.6 333.4 1.75 14 350 8326 -28.7 -28.7 100 0.0 -28.7 200 50 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.7 1.02 15 300 9408 -37.6 -37.6 100 0.0 -37.6 199 49 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10637 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 204 41 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12064 -60.4 -60.9 94 0.5 -60.4 222 52 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 18 150 13886 -55.6 -79.8 3 24.1 -56.0 240 60 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16428 -61.7 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.9 250 30 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.79 m Freezing level: 641.24 mb = 3732.63 m = 12246.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.54 mb = 3688.14 m = 12100.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.39 mb = 481.94 m = 1581.16 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 4.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1003.67 m = 3292.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.08 C = 71.75 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.77 mb = 884.59 m = 2902.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.77 mb = 1924.81 m = 6314.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.77 mb = 6823.13 m = 22385.32 ft B at Equ Level: 158.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.77 mb = 10904.00 m = 35773.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 387.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 68.30 m/s