MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 38.75,-91.04 Latitude: 38.75 Longitude: -91.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 977 194 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.3 127 9 290.0 291.8 288.3 318.7 10.20 2 950 434 14.9 12.3 84 2.6 13.3 154 19 292.4 294.0 288.5 319.4 9.50 3 900 891 13.0 9.1 77 3.9 10.7 179 25 294.9 296.4 288.2 318.3 8.08 4 850 1370 11.2 5.9 70 5.4 8.2 199 26 297.9 299.2 288.1 318.1 6.85 5 800 1874 8.4 3.1 70 5.2 5.5 211 38 300.1 301.2 288.1 317.9 5.99 6 750 2406 5.5 -2.2 58 7.7 1.8 212 42 302.6 303.4 287.3 315.8 4.35 7 700 2966 1.6 -4.8 62 6.4 -1.3 212 42 304.2 305.0 287.4 316.0 3.81 8 650 3559 -2.3 -6.0 76 3.7 -3.9 212 45 306.3 307.0 288.1 318.0 3.76 9 600 4192 -5.5 -9.4 74 3.8 -7.1 207 53 309.7 310.3 288.6 319.6 3.13 10 550 4870 -9.2 -10.7 89 1.5 -9.8 202 57 313.2 313.8 289.7 323.1 3.07 11 500 5603 -12.5 -13.0 96 0.5 -12.7 191 57 317.7 318.3 290.9 327.0 2.80 12 450 6401 -16.7 -16.8 99 0.1 -16.7 176 46 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.0 2.29 13 400 7277 -22.1 -22.1 100 0.0 -22.1 172 54 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.9 1.63 14 350 8247 -28.3 -28.3 100 -0.0 -28.3 169 66 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.4 1.06 15 300 9332 -37.4 -37.3 100 -0.0 -37.4 173 71 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.6 0.51 16 250 10564 -47.4 -48.1 93 0.6 -47.4 181 78 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.20 17 200 12003 -55.3 -63.4 36 8.1 -55.5 205 71 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 13847 -52.3 -80.5 2 28.2 -52.8 249 48 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16407 -61.7 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.0 250 17 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.58 m Freezing level: 679.70 mb = 3206.61 m = 10520.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.98 mb = 2725.98 m = 8943.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.77 C = 74.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.23 mb = 334.03 m = 1095.90 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1799.59 m = 5904.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 18.43 C K Index: 23.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9471.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.08 mb = 1040.36 m = 3413.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 249.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 141.70 m/s