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: 37.49,-91.15 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -91.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 968 341 21.9 18.1 79 3.8 19.3 166 10 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.4 13.64 2 950 500 20.6 17.1 81 3.4 18.2 169 19 298.1 300.4 293.3 336.0 13.06 3 900 965 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 177 25 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.4 12.64 4 850 1451 15.4 10.4 72 5.0 12.3 202 29 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.9 9.34 5 800 1964 12.8 6.5 66 6.3 9.1 221 29 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.7 7.61 6 750 2503 8.7 3.9 72 4.8 6.0 231 28 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.5 6.76 7 700 3069 3.9 0.9 81 3.0 2.4 235 28 306.8 307.9 290.2 324.7 5.85 8 650 3667 -1.0 -3.3 84 2.4 -2.1 234 28 307.9 308.8 289.4 322.2 4.61 9 600 4301 -5.4 -7.9 83 2.5 -6.5 240 29 309.8 310.5 289.0 320.9 3.52 10 550 4978 -9.6 -12.9 77 3.2 -10.8 241 34 312.7 313.2 289.0 321.0 2.58 11 500 5708 -13.8 -14.8 92 1.0 -14.1 250 40 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.42 12 450 6501 -19.2 -21.0 86 1.8 -19.7 249 38 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.5 1.60 13 400 7366 -25.7 -33.7 47 8.1 -26.9 244 40 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.6 0.55 14 350 8318 -33.3 -39.6 54 6.2 -34.0 261 46 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.35 15 300 9382 -40.9 -45.8 59 5.0 -41.2 263 43 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.21 16 250 10601 -48.5 -50.1 83 1.6 -48.6 258 45 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 17 200 12037 -57.6 -59.9 75 2.2 -57.7 257 52 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 13848 -58.1 -78.9 5 20.8 -58.3 260 57 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16381 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.1 259 25 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.44 m Freezing level: 659.75 mb = 3550.16 m = 11647.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.46 mb = 3380.79 m = 11091.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.63 mb = 826.27 m = 2710.84 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 16.53 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1645.91 m = 5399.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.97 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1323.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.55 mb = 1102.72 m = 3617.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.55 mb = 2496.58 m = 8190.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.55 mb = 10848.83 m = 35592.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1318.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.55 mb = 14254.84 m = 46767.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 244.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 14.48 Bulk Shear: 91.40 m/s