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: 35.01,-92.23 Latitude: 35.01 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 997 105 26.4 17.8 59 8.6 20.5 218 5 299.8 302.1 293.7 337.8 12.99 2 950 534 24.1 14.8 56 9.3 17.9 211 15 301.7 303.7 293.0 334.8 11.21 3 900 1004 19.9 13.8 68 6.2 15.9 205 17 302.0 304.1 293.0 334.7 11.06 4 850 1494 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.6 206 18 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.5 10.90 5 800 2005 11.3 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 216 20 303.1 305.1 292.8 334.0 10.39 6 750 2543 8.5 8.3 99 0.1 8.4 235 22 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.5 9.22 7 700 3111 5.3 3.2 86 2.1 4.1 229 20 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.4 6.89 8 650 3713 1.1 -2.6 76 3.7 -0.7 227 23 310.2 311.2 290.4 325.5 4.88 9 600 4353 -2.3 -5.7 77 3.4 -3.9 230 26 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.6 4.16 10 550 5040 -5.2 -16.4 41 11.2 -9.1 235 32 317.9 318.3 290.1 324.4 1.93 11 500 5782 -9.5 -22.1 35 12.6 -13.3 233 34 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.9 1.30 12 450 6589 -13.6 -38.3 11 24.6 -18.1 229 37 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.31 13 400 7473 -20.3 -42.4 12 22.2 -23.4 243 41 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.23 14 350 8446 -28.3 -48.2 13 19.9 -30.2 234 42 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 15 300 9530 -37.6 -52.8 19 15.3 -38.5 235 44 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.09 16 250 10761 -46.7 -57.5 28 10.8 -47.1 239 39 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 17 200 12212 -54.0 -67.6 17 13.6 -54.2 234 54 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 14033 -60.3 -78.1 8 17.8 -60.4 248 36 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16506 -67.0 -82.8 9 15.8 -67.1 242 28 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.93 m Freezing level: 633.65 mb = 3921.99 m = 12867.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.11 mb = 3624.36 m = 11890.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.16 mb = 1194.97 m = 3920.45 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1781.47 m = 5844.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 35.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 232.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.53 mb = 1608.31 m = 5276.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.53 mb = 1967.88 m = 6456.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.53 mb = 6529.58 m = 21422.24 ft B at Equ Level: 179.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.53 mb = 12098.03 m = 39691.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.0 neg: -5.8 tot: 65.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 9.75 Bulk Shear: 23.86 m/s