MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-93.19 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 988 194 19.6 19.1 97 0.4 19.3 355 1 293.7 296.3 292.9 334.3 14.26 2 950 534 20.4 16.5 79 3.9 17.8 255 6 297.9 300.1 292.9 334.2 12.53 3 900 1001 19.4 13.0 67 6.4 15.3 243 15 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.5 10.52 4 850 1492 17.1 9.8 62 7.2 12.6 233 22 304.0 305.7 292.0 330.9 9.00 5 800 2007 13.9 6.9 63 7.0 9.7 232 29 306.0 307.4 291.6 329.7 7.84 6 750 2548 10.0 4.4 68 5.6 6.8 234 36 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.7 6.99 7 700 3118 5.8 1.8 75 4.0 3.7 237 42 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.2 6.24 8 650 3720 1.7 -1.2 81 2.9 0.3 236 46 310.9 311.9 291.1 327.8 5.41 9 600 4362 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.4 232 45 313.4 314.3 291.1 327.9 4.56 10 550 5048 -6.3 -7.9 88 1.6 -7.0 227 40 316.6 317.3 291.4 329.0 3.83 11 500 5787 -10.6 -11.7 91 1.2 -11.0 223 35 320.2 320.8 291.8 330.4 3.11 12 450 6591 -15.4 -16.3 92 1.0 -15.7 219 31 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.0 2.38 13 400 7470 -21.1 -22.5 89 1.4 -21.4 217 29 327.6 327.9 292.6 333.1 1.58 14 350 8442 -28.2 -29.4 89 1.3 -28.4 222 29 330.8 331.0 292.9 334.2 0.96 15 300 9528 -36.8 -37.4 94 0.6 -36.8 229 23 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.5 0.51 16 250 10763 -46.4 -49.3 72 2.9 -46.5 228 32 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.17 17 200 12224 -53.1 -69.3 12 16.2 -53.4 230 83 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14042 -60.9 -78.3 8 17.4 -61.1 231 64 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16509 -66.9 -82.8 9 15.9 -67.0 235 29 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.36 m Freezing level: 628.85 mb = 3991.64 m = 13095.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.50 mb = 3763.65 m = 12347.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.45 mb = 243.95 m = 800.35 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 6.59 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2122.27 m = 6962.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 33.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.82 mb = 1176.55 m = 3860.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.82 mb = 3272.26 m = 10735.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.82 mb = 7528.07 m = 24698.09 ft B at Equ Level: 158.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.82 mb = 10846.83 m = 35586.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: -9.2 tot: 124.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 107.44 m/s