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: 38.29,-93.73 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 975 263 20.5 18.2 86 2.3 18.9 251 2 295.8 298.3 293.0 334.9 13.59 2 950 483 19.2 16.7 85 2.5 17.5 239 7 296.7 299.0 292.6 333.3 12.69 3 900 947 16.0 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 237 13 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.7 11.60 4 850 1431 13.2 11.7 90 1.5 12.3 229 17 300.0 301.8 291.7 329.9 10.19 5 800 1940 10.4 8.8 90 1.6 9.4 228 19 302.2 303.8 291.3 328.7 8.92 6 750 2476 8.7 -0.4 53 9.1 4.0 230 27 306.0 306.9 289.1 321.1 4.94 7 700 3042 4.6 -5.5 48 10.1 -0.0 229 33 307.6 308.2 288.3 318.9 3.63 8 650 3640 -0.9 -6.3 66 5.5 -3.3 230 36 308.0 308.7 288.6 319.4 3.67 9 600 4273 -6.0 -8.1 85 2.1 -6.8 232 36 309.2 309.9 288.8 320.1 3.47 10 550 4949 -10.6 -11.5 93 0.9 -10.9 232 39 311.5 312.1 289.0 320.8 2.89 11 500 5676 -15.1 -16.3 90 1.2 -15.5 242 34 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.6 2.13 12 450 6464 -21.1 -22.6 88 1.5 -21.5 241 36 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.4 1.38 13 400 7321 -27.6 -33.6 57 6.0 -28.5 229 33 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.1 0.56 14 350 8266 -35.4 -42.0 51 6.6 -36.0 240 35 321.0 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.27 15 300 9320 -43.4 -51.7 39 8.3 -43.7 238 34 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.11 16 250 10530 -48.5 -61.0 22 12.5 -48.8 232 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 11983 -52.7 -72.4 8 19.6 -53.1 250 52 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13818 -56.5 -79.8 4 23.3 -56.8 251 57 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16362 -62.1 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.3 265 38 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.91 m Freezing level: 657.98 mb = 3544.78 m = 11629.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.48 mb = 3036.76 m = 9962.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.02 mb = 555.59 m = 1822.79 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1147.81 m = 3765.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.24 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.31 C Cross Totals Index: 26.77 C K Index: 29.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1323.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.38 mb = 971.55 m = 3187.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.38 mb = 1607.00 m = 5272.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.38 mb = 2124.72 m = 6970.80 ft B at Equ Level: 11.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.38 mb = 13312.50 m = 43675.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 22.27 Bulk Shear: 59.43 m/s