MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-91.85 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 996 136 29.5 19.7 56 9.8 22.5 249 5 303.0 305.7 295.8 346.4 14.67 2 950 556 26.5 16.5 54 10.0 19.6 252 13 304.0 306.3 294.6 341.3 12.51 3 900 1030 22.1 15.3 65 6.9 17.5 251 16 304.3 306.6 294.5 340.7 12.21 4 850 1524 17.6 14.0 80 3.6 15.2 252 18 304.6 306.8 294.3 340.1 11.91 5 800 2039 13.2 12.1 93 1.1 12.5 258 19 305.2 307.3 294.0 338.7 11.18 6 750 2580 10.1 7.5 84 2.6 8.5 273 23 307.5 309.1 292.8 333.9 8.71 7 700 3151 6.7 3.0 77 3.7 4.6 276 25 310.0 311.2 292.0 330.9 6.80 8 650 3756 2.2 -0.7 81 2.9 0.7 273 25 311.5 312.5 291.5 329.0 5.62 9 600 4397 -2.9 -5.7 81 2.8 -4.2 272 26 312.7 313.5 290.6 325.9 4.16 10 550 5081 -7.5 -12.2 69 4.7 -9.3 271 30 315.2 315.8 290.0 324.1 2.73 11 500 5817 -11.7 -19.8 51 8.1 -14.2 269 33 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.2 1.59 12 450 6617 -16.3 -25.8 44 9.5 -18.6 265 31 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.4 1.04 13 400 7493 -21.6 -42.3 14 20.7 -24.4 259 34 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.23 14 350 8463 -28.5 -46.1 17 17.6 -30.3 257 42 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.17 15 300 9546 -37.7 -51.2 23 13.4 -38.6 257 46 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 16 250 10776 -47.3 -57.1 32 9.7 -47.7 258 49 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12222 -56.0 -64.8 32 8.8 -56.1 262 48 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 14022 -62.0 -77.2 11 15.2 -62.1 261 47 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16485 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.3 262 29 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.73 m Freezing level: 628.35 mb = 4033.71 m = 13233.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3847.10 m = 12621.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.77 mb = 1374.95 m = 4510.93 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 22.28 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1874.75 m = 6150.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 39.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1537.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.05 mb = 1735.92 m = 5695.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.05 mb = 1996.24 m = 6549.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.05 mb = 12091.92 m = 39671.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1523.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.05 mb = 15175.51 m = 49787.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 58.72 Bulk Shear: 26.18 m/s