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: 38.40,-93.63 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -93.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 974 266 19.7 18.0 90 1.7 18.6 169 1 295.1 297.5 292.7 333.7 13.47 2 950 484 18.8 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 220 5 296.3 298.6 292.6 333.1 12.76 3 900 947 15.8 14.5 92 1.3 15.0 231 12 297.8 299.9 292.1 331.5 11.62 4 850 1431 13.1 12.0 93 1.0 12.4 228 16 299.8 301.8 291.9 330.5 10.45 5 800 1940 10.4 9.4 94 1.0 9.8 228 19 302.3 304.0 291.7 329.9 9.30 6 750 2475 8.7 0.1 55 8.6 4.2 233 27 306.0 307.0 289.3 321.8 5.15 7 700 3042 4.5 -5.0 50 9.5 0.1 230 33 307.4 308.1 288.5 319.2 3.76 8 650 3640 -1.1 -5.9 70 4.8 -3.3 228 36 307.7 308.4 288.6 319.5 3.78 9 600 4272 -6.3 -7.6 91 1.3 -6.8 229 37 308.8 309.5 288.8 320.2 3.61 10 550 4947 -10.6 -11.2 95 0.6 -10.8 233 41 311.5 312.1 289.0 321.0 2.96 11 500 5674 -15.2 -15.9 94 0.7 -15.4 241 36 314.5 314.9 289.3 321.7 2.21 12 450 6462 -21.0 -21.8 93 0.9 -21.2 239 37 316.9 317.2 289.3 321.9 1.48 13 400 7320 -27.4 -32.5 62 5.1 -28.2 226 33 319.3 319.5 289.2 321.6 0.62 14 350 8265 -35.3 -40.0 62 4.7 -35.8 228 31 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.34 15 300 9320 -43.2 -51.0 42 7.8 -43.6 230 31 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.12 16 250 10529 -48.7 -59.7 27 10.9 -49.1 224 36 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 17 200 11980 -52.9 -72.3 8 19.4 -53.2 248 51 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13814 -56.7 -79.9 4 23.2 -57.0 251 57 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16358 -61.6 -83.9 4 22.3 -61.8 266 37 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.90 m Freezing level: 660.18 mb = 3517.95 m = 11541.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.83 mb = 3055.56 m = 10024.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.25 mb = 481.41 m = 1579.41 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.55 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1095.11 m = 3592.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.06 C = 73.51 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 27.26 C K Index: 30.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.24 mb = 925.49 m = 3036.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.24 mb = 1658.69 m = 5441.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.24 mb = 2073.05 m = 6801.27 ft B at Equ Level: 12.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.24 mb = 13120.61 m = 43046.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 18.24 Bulk Shear: 70.32 m/s