MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.87,-91.02 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -91.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 986 207 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 317 4 291.0 293.1 290.2 324.6 11.94 2 950 520 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 332 6 292.6 294.6 290.2 324.8 11.34 3 900 979 14.2 14.1 99 0.2 14.1 174 10 296.2 298.2 291.3 328.7 11.29 4 850 1461 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 174 25 298.9 300.8 291.6 329.5 10.47 5 800 1968 9.8 9.3 97 0.5 9.5 179 32 301.6 303.3 291.4 328.9 9.23 6 750 2502 6.8 6.2 96 0.6 6.5 191 33 304.0 305.5 291.1 327.9 7.97 7 700 3067 3.9 3.5 97 0.4 3.7 197 34 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.2 7.04 8 650 3666 0.4 0.2 98 0.2 0.3 201 34 309.4 310.6 291.1 327.9 5.98 9 600 4306 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 202 36 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.13 10 550 4992 -6.0 -6.5 97 0.4 -6.2 200 35 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.7 4.28 11 500 5732 -10.3 -10.9 96 0.6 -10.5 198 36 320.5 321.2 292.1 331.5 3.34 12 450 6536 -15.3 -16.0 94 0.7 -15.5 196 43 324.0 324.5 292.3 332.3 2.45 13 400 7416 -21.1 -22.0 93 0.9 -21.4 200 52 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.2 1.64 14 350 8387 -28.6 -29.8 89 1.2 -28.8 207 56 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.6 0.92 15 300 9471 -37.4 -39.2 83 1.8 -37.6 204 60 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.2 0.42 16 250 10702 -47.7 -48.3 94 0.5 -47.7 184 58 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.19 17 200 12155 -51.0 -71.5 7 20.5 -51.4 225 58 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13993 -57.6 -79.2 5 21.6 -57.9 219 47 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16492 -66.1 -83.1 7 17.1 -66.2 225 20 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.72 m Freezing level: 642.91 mb = 3756.96 m = 12325.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.96 mb = 3728.43 m = 12232.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.30 C = 77.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.53 mb = 242.31 m = 794.96 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 1.65 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 986.30 m = 3235.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.86 C = 71.35 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7134.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.57 mb = 686.47 m = 2252.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.9 neg: -22.3 tot: 179.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 141.34 m/s