MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 38.75,-90.34 Latitude: 38.75 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 1000 171 7.4 -2.1 51 9.5 3.4 87 2 280.6 281.1 276.6 289.8 3.28 2 950 597 10.4 -3.4 38 13.8 4.4 91 1 287.8 288.3 279.9 296.8 3.12 3 900 1045 8.7 -3.8 41 12.4 3.2 275 6 290.4 291.0 281.3 299.8 3.21 4 850 1515 5.8 -6.0 43 11.8 0.9 290 16 292.2 292.7 281.6 300.7 2.87 5 800 2009 3.6 -12.2 30 15.8 -2.1 289 26 295.0 295.3 281.6 300.7 1.87 6 750 2530 1.4 -12.3 35 13.7 -3.6 290 36 298.1 298.4 283.1 304.2 1.98 7 700 3081 -2.5 -11.9 48 9.4 -5.8 293 43 299.7 300.1 284.0 306.5 2.19 8 650 3665 -6.5 -14.6 53 8.1 -9.2 292 48 301.6 301.9 284.4 307.5 1.89 9 600 4286 -9.5 -22.4 34 12.9 -12.9 294 55 305.1 305.3 284.8 308.6 1.06 10 550 4954 -12.4 -28.5 25 16.1 -15.9 294 62 309.4 309.5 285.9 311.7 0.66 11 500 5677 -16.3 -31.7 25 15.4 -19.2 294 67 313.2 313.3 287.1 315.1 0.54 12 450 6462 -21.5 -30.8 43 9.4 -23.2 297 75 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.6 0.65 13 400 7319 -27.5 -44.6 18 17.1 -29.3 294 82 319.2 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.18 14 350 8263 -36.0 -47.0 31 11.0 -36.8 296 86 320.2 320.3 289.0 320.8 0.16 15 300 9315 -44.1 -50.1 51 6.1 -44.4 292 94 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.13 16 250 10515 -52.4 -54.3 80 1.9 -52.5 292 100 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.10 17 200 11935 -57.4 -66.1 32 8.7 -57.6 290 107 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 13748 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.5 -59.3 291 79 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16270 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.2 -63.0 292 46 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.52 m Freezing level: 732.21 mb = 2726.23 m = 8944.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 834.96 mb = 1660.26 m = 5446.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.73 % Est. max temperature: 19.05 C = 66.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.23 mb = 1378.42 m = 4522.32 ft T: 6.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 0.01 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.20 mb = 4180.80 m = 13716.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Cap Strength: 13.63 C Lifted Index: 15.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.40 C Showalter Index: 12.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.06 C Cross Totals Index: 10.31 C K Index: 6.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15179.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.93 mb = 2172.55 m = 7127.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.2 neg: -14.7 tot: 205.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 223.70 m/s