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: 38.50,-89.81 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -89.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 991 148 23.7 16.8 65 6.9 19.1 148 12 297.6 299.9 292.6 333.1 12.23 2 950 513 20.0 15.3 74 4.7 17.0 153 20 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.1 11.60 3 900 977 15.7 14.2 91 1.5 14.7 158 22 297.7 299.8 291.9 330.8 11.40 4 850 1460 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.2 176 22 299.0 300.9 291.6 329.8 10.53 5 800 1969 11.2 5.2 67 6.0 7.8 200 26 303.0 304.3 289.9 323.8 6.93 6 750 2504 7.3 -0.7 57 8.1 3.2 208 27 304.5 305.4 288.5 319.3 4.84 7 700 3067 2.9 -3.7 62 6.6 -0.2 210 29 305.7 306.5 288.3 318.6 4.17 8 650 3663 -1.7 -5.9 73 4.2 -3.6 212 31 307.1 307.8 288.3 318.9 3.79 9 600 4294 -6.5 -9.0 82 2.5 -7.5 216 34 308.6 309.2 288.3 318.7 3.22 10 550 4970 -10.3 -12.2 86 1.8 -11.0 230 39 311.8 312.3 288.9 320.6 2.73 11 500 5698 -14.3 -17.2 78 3.0 -15.2 239 45 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.2 1.98 12 450 6491 -18.5 -22.7 69 4.2 -19.6 240 39 320.0 320.2 290.2 324.6 1.37 13 400 7358 -25.3 -30.1 65 4.7 -26.2 228 38 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.9 0.79 14 350 8311 -33.2 -38.8 57 5.6 -33.8 216 29 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.3 0.38 15 300 9376 -41.0 -44.4 69 3.4 -41.2 256 11 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 16 250 10589 -50.9 -52.1 87 1.2 -51.0 278 27 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.12 17 200 12009 -57.9 -65.7 36 7.8 -58.0 243 46 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13833 -56.0 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.3 265 48 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16363 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 257 41 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.63 m Freezing level: 668.25 mb = 3445.43 m = 11303.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.30 mb = 3040.65 m = 9975.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.42 mb = 1020.27 m = 3347.30 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 14.51 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1194.57 m = 3919.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 26.42 C K Index: 32.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 861.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.87 mb = 1110.87 m = 3644.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.87 mb = 1352.90 m = 4438.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.87 mb = 1651.12 m = 5416.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 810.87 mb = 1855.34 m = 6086.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 9.28 Bulk Shear: 92.78 m/s