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: 38.38,-94.40 Latitude: 38.38 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 974 272 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.6 306 9 294.2 296.4 291.7 330.0 12.54 2 950 486 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 308 12 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.5 11.96 3 900 946 14.3 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 286 8 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.3 11.11 4 850 1428 12.1 11.5 96 0.7 11.7 229 10 298.8 300.7 291.2 328.2 10.05 5 800 1935 10.1 7.3 82 2.8 8.5 221 16 302.0 303.4 290.5 325.8 8.03 6 750 2471 8.3 -1.3 51 9.6 3.5 228 20 305.6 306.5 288.7 319.8 4.65 7 700 3037 4.2 -5.0 51 9.2 -0.0 227 25 307.2 307.9 288.3 318.9 3.76 8 650 3635 -0.5 -6.4 64 5.9 -3.1 244 29 308.4 309.1 288.7 319.9 3.65 9 600 4269 -5.5 -8.4 80 2.9 -6.7 248 37 309.8 310.4 288.9 320.4 3.37 10 550 4945 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.7 -11.3 245 37 311.4 311.9 288.8 320.1 2.69 11 500 5672 -15.7 -17.3 87 1.6 -16.2 247 35 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.4 1.97 12 450 6457 -21.8 -22.8 92 1.0 -22.0 243 34 315.8 316.1 288.9 320.4 1.36 13 400 7312 -28.6 -32.3 70 3.7 -29.2 226 33 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.0 0.63 14 350 8253 -36.0 -43.2 48 7.2 -36.6 240 33 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.1 0.24 15 300 9306 -43.7 -54.8 28 11.1 -44.2 241 36 323.7 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.07 16 250 10512 -49.6 -63.0 19 13.4 -49.9 239 41 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.03 17 200 11965 -51.7 -73.2 6 21.5 -52.1 256 55 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13813 -54.8 -80.3 3 25.5 -55.2 253 57 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16363 -62.5 -83.8 4 21.3 -62.7 260 38 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.91 m Freezing level: 654.96 mb = 3575.42 m = 11730.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.55 mb = 3030.52 m = 9942.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.02 C = 77.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.06 mb = 512.46 m = 1681.29 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 11.17 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.32 mb = 914.64 m = 3000.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.71 C = 69.28 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.77 C Cross Totals Index: 27.12 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 857.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.92 mb = 834.09 m = 2736.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.92 mb = 3307.42 m = 10850.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.92 mb = 10078.57 m = 33065.78 ft B at Equ Level: 847.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.92 mb = 12399.26 m = 40679.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.5 neg: -9.4 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 64.46 m/s