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,-93.49 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 967 327 24.3 18.6 71 5.7 20.3 248 10 300.3 302.8 294.7 341.4 14.05 2 950 481 22.8 16.2 66 6.6 18.4 244 15 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.4 12.29 3 900 950 18.5 14.7 79 3.8 16.0 235 19 300.5 302.7 293.1 335.1 11.77 4 850 1437 14.3 13.0 92 1.3 13.5 227 24 301.1 303.2 292.8 333.9 11.14 5 800 1947 11.2 9.1 87 2.1 9.9 226 29 303.0 304.7 291.7 330.2 9.11 6 750 2485 9.9 -3.7 38 13.6 3.3 233 31 307.3 308.1 288.5 319.4 3.88 7 700 3053 5.5 -7.3 39 12.8 -0.2 238 33 308.6 309.2 288.2 318.5 3.15 8 650 3653 0.2 -8.9 51 9.1 -3.6 239 34 309.2 309.7 288.3 318.7 3.01 9 600 4289 -5.0 -10.6 65 5.6 -7.2 239 37 310.4 310.9 288.5 319.4 2.84 10 550 4966 -10.0 -12.8 80 2.9 -11.0 243 40 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.6 2.59 11 500 5694 -15.0 -18.2 76 3.2 -15.9 250 41 314.8 315.2 289.0 320.8 1.82 12 450 6482 -20.6 -30.5 41 9.9 -22.5 238 44 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.7 0.67 13 400 7344 -26.4 -44.3 17 17.9 -28.3 264 43 320.7 320.8 289.2 321.4 0.19 14 350 8293 -34.6 -46.0 30 11.4 -35.5 257 62 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.18 15 300 9350 -42.9 -50.8 42 7.9 -43.3 251 55 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.12 16 250 10562 -47.6 -61.4 19 13.9 -48.0 240 48 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.04 17 200 12021 -52.5 -71.4 8 19.0 -52.8 255 58 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.8 0.01 18 150 13851 -58.7 -78.8 6 20.1 -58.9 250 50 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16374 -63.3 -83.7 5 20.5 -63.4 272 43 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.38 m Freezing level: 648.15 mb = 3676.76 m = 12062.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.05 mb = 3017.59 m = 9900.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.95 mb = 1045.36 m = 3429.61 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 22.92 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.85 mb = 1458.48 m = 4784.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.32 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 27.96 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1598.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.42 mb = 1372.96 m = 4504.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.42 mb = 1623.14 m = 5325.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.42 mb = 2250.26 m = 7382.65 ft B at Equ Level: 7.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.42 mb = 14217.05 m = 46643.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 41.33 Bulk Shear: 38.67 m/s