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: 36.02,-93.61 Latitude: 36.02 Longitude: -93.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 951 524 14.8 14.4 98 0.3 14.6 281 7 292.1 294.0 289.7 323.1 10.93 2 950 538 14.7 14.2 97 0.4 14.4 283 8 292.1 294.0 289.6 322.7 10.80 3 900 993 12.1 11.4 95 0.7 11.7 289 22 294.0 295.7 289.1 321.1 9.45 4 850 1472 10.6 9.7 94 0.9 10.0 276 17 297.2 298.8 289.8 323.2 8.93 5 800 1977 9.8 9.6 99 0.1 9.7 213 19 301.6 303.3 291.6 329.5 9.44 6 750 2512 6.9 6.7 99 0.2 6.8 216 28 304.0 305.6 291.3 328.7 8.23 7 700 3077 4.0 2.9 92 1.1 3.4 228 35 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.6 6.77 8 650 3678 0.8 0.0 95 0.8 0.4 228 38 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.2 5.91 9 600 4317 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.5 -3.3 221 45 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.88 10 550 5002 -6.9 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.3 210 49 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.4 3.90 11 500 5738 -12.1 -14.8 80 2.7 -13.0 207 52 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.3 2.42 12 450 6536 -17.3 -22.5 64 5.2 -18.7 212 55 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.39 13 400 7411 -21.8 -31.9 40 10.1 -23.7 219 57 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.0 0.66 14 350 8383 -28.0 -53.7 7 25.8 -30.2 227 69 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.07 15 300 9470 -36.6 -58.3 9 21.7 -37.7 228 68 333.8 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10706 -46.1 -61.2 17 15.1 -46.6 228 56 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.04 17 200 12161 -53.3 -67.4 16 14.2 -53.5 224 63 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13993 -58.9 -77.8 7 18.9 -59.1 223 40 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16486 -64.0 -83.3 5 19.4 -64.1 249 25 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.37 m Freezing level: 639.66 mb = 3809.84 m = 12499.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.62 mb = 3744.04 m = 12283.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.43 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.83 mb = 565.74 m = 1856.09 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1259.17 m = 4131.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.47 C = 65.25 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 31.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8424.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.37 mb = 1074.03 m = 3523.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 4.4 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.1 neg: -65.6 tot: 79.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 149.17 m/s