MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 33.86,-93.36 Latitude: 33.86 Longitude: -93.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 997 104 29.4 16.5 46 12.9 20.6 233 5 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.2 11.93 2 950 535 25.4 14.6 51 10.8 18.2 233 14 303.0 305.0 293.3 335.7 11.04 3 900 1007 21.0 13.6 63 7.4 16.1 233 17 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.7 10.95 4 850 1499 16.5 12.6 78 3.8 14.0 233 19 303.4 305.4 293.3 335.7 10.87 5 800 2012 12.1 11.3 95 0.7 11.6 235 21 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.6 10.59 6 750 2550 8.9 7.8 93 1.1 8.2 238 26 306.2 307.8 292.5 333.0 8.87 7 700 3120 6.3 3.6 83 2.6 4.8 231 23 309.4 310.8 292.0 331.3 7.11 8 650 3723 1.3 -0.1 91 1.3 0.6 224 21 310.4 311.5 291.3 328.6 5.87 9 600 4363 -2.2 -7.4 68 5.2 -4.6 241 28 313.5 314.2 290.3 325.2 3.64 10 550 5051 -5.7 -9.4 75 3.8 -7.2 249 36 317.4 318.0 291.3 328.4 3.40 11 500 5792 -9.4 -22.4 34 13.0 -13.2 244 35 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.0 1.27 12 450 6601 -13.7 -43.0 6 29.3 -18.4 248 36 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.7 0.19 13 400 7486 -19.7 -46.4 7 26.7 -23.2 254 41 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.15 14 350 8460 -28.1 -50.5 10 22.4 -30.2 244 39 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 15 300 9544 -37.6 -53.7 17 16.1 -38.6 244 42 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 16 250 10774 -46.7 -59.2 23 12.5 -47.2 246 42 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12228 -53.7 -68.5 15 14.7 -54.0 241 52 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14045 -60.1 -77.9 8 17.8 -60.3 249 40 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16508 -67.1 -82.7 9 15.7 -67.2 238 28 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.61 m Freezing level: 631.80 mb = 3956.23 m = 12979.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.38 mb = 3792.75 m = 12443.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.70 mb = 1733.82 m = 5688.31 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.86 mb = 1992.15 m = 6535.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 291.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.23 mb = 1872.89 m = 6144.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.23 mb = 2241.88 m = 7355.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.23 mb = 10555.53 m = 34630.57 ft B at Equ Level: 287.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.23 mb = 12284.45 m = 40302.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: -12.6 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 10.92 Bulk Shear: 26.67 m/s