MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 38.68,-90.29 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 998 170 13.2 6.5 64 6.7 9.6 143 5 286.5 287.6 282.8 303.7 6.10 2 950 589 13.9 6.4 60 7.5 9.7 194 18 291.3 292.4 285.1 309.4 6.34 3 900 1043 11.5 6.2 70 5.4 8.6 204 18 293.4 294.6 286.2 312.5 6.60 4 850 1519 8.8 5.6 80 3.2 7.1 207 15 295.4 296.6 287.1 314.9 6.72 5 800 2020 6.9 4.9 87 1.9 5.8 215 15 298.5 299.7 288.3 318.5 6.82 6 750 2549 4.8 3.9 94 0.8 4.3 228 19 301.7 303.0 289.3 322.0 6.77 7 700 3110 1.8 1.7 99 0.1 1.7 235 20 304.4 305.6 289.7 323.1 6.18 8 650 3704 -1.4 -2.1 95 0.6 -1.7 238 18 307.3 308.3 289.6 322.9 5.06 9 600 4338 -5.0 -9.3 72 4.3 -6.7 256 17 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.4 3.16 10 550 5017 -9.2 -14.1 67 4.9 -10.9 288 19 313.2 313.6 289.0 320.8 2.33 11 500 5748 -14.0 -18.0 71 4.1 -15.2 296 21 316.0 316.4 289.4 322.2 1.85 12 450 6539 -19.5 -21.5 84 2.1 -20.0 307 30 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.9 1.52 13 400 7406 -24.3 -24.5 99 0.2 -24.4 284 43 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.0 1.32 14 350 8367 -31.0 -31.0 100 -0.0 -31.0 269 56 326.9 327.1 291.7 329.9 0.82 15 300 9440 -39.8 -39.8 100 -0.0 -39.8 266 65 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.7 0.40 16 250 10657 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.5 267 73 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 12070 -62.8 -63.2 95 0.4 -62.9 264 95 333.2 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 18 150 13827 -62.9 -76.6 14 13.6 -63.0 300 54 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16323 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.5 276 40 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.32 m Freezing level: 672.54 mb = 3436.20 m = 11273.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.14 mb = 3399.76 m = 11153.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.63 % Est. max temperature: 22.16 C = 71.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.33 mb = 1021.38 m = 3350.93 ft T: 11.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 706.64 mb = 3032.84 m = 9950.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lifted Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.43 C Showalter Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 28.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10555.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.42 mb = 1466.12 m = 4810.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 120.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 32.21 m/s