MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-90.99 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -90.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 981 227 24.5 18.8 71 5.7 20.5 158 9 299.3 301.9 294.4 340.4 14.07 2 950 503 21.8 17.2 75 4.6 18.7 167 21 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.6 13.12 3 900 970 17.4 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 174 27 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.5 12.71 4 850 1457 15.1 10.6 74 4.5 12.3 200 28 302.0 303.7 291.7 330.1 9.49 5 800 1970 13.0 6.0 62 7.0 8.9 220 28 305.0 306.4 290.9 327.2 7.35 6 750 2509 9.0 2.7 65 6.3 5.5 231 26 306.3 307.5 290.3 325.2 6.20 7 700 3075 4.2 0.0 74 4.2 2.0 238 26 307.2 308.2 290.0 324.0 5.47 8 650 3673 -0.7 -4.3 76 3.6 -2.4 238 26 308.2 309.0 289.2 321.5 4.27 9 600 4308 -5.3 -8.6 77 3.3 -6.7 241 29 310.0 310.6 288.9 320.5 3.33 10 550 4985 -9.6 -14.7 66 5.1 -11.3 248 35 312.7 313.1 288.7 319.9 2.22 11 500 5715 -14.1 -17.8 73 3.7 -15.2 255 42 315.9 316.2 289.4 322.1 1.88 12 450 6507 -19.8 -22.1 82 2.3 -20.4 249 41 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.3 1.45 13 400 7371 -25.3 -39.7 25 14.5 -27.2 252 36 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.30 14 350 8326 -32.8 -36.6 69 3.8 -33.3 267 49 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.47 15 300 9391 -41.1 -44.4 70 3.3 -41.4 263 62 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.24 16 250 10608 -48.3 -56.5 38 8.2 -48.6 258 52 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 17 200 12052 -55.9 -62.1 45 6.3 -56.0 264 58 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 13862 -59.9 -78.3 7 18.4 -60.0 258 58 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16389 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.5 261 21 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.19 m Freezing level: 657.10 mb = 3588.63 m = 11773.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.93 mb = 3345.93 m = 10977.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.30 mb = 947.65 m = 3109.04 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1398.10 m = 4586.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1633.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.70 mb = 1125.39 m = 3692.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.70 mb = 2302.85 m = 7555.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.70 mb = 11184.02 m = 36692.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1620.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.70 mb = 14349.90 m = 47079.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 255.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 16.20 Bulk Shear: 100.80 m/s