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: 35.60,-91.93 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 989 197 27.2 20.3 66 6.9 22.3 262 5 301.3 304.1 295.8 346.5 15.37 2 950 554 25.8 16.9 58 8.9 19.6 260 15 303.3 305.7 294.7 341.4 12.83 3 900 1028 21.7 15.5 68 6.2 17.5 257 19 303.9 306.1 294.5 340.6 12.37 4 850 1521 17.3 14.2 82 3.1 15.2 258 20 304.2 306.5 294.4 340.2 12.06 5 800 2036 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 259 21 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.4 11.47 6 750 2577 10.1 9.6 97 0.4 9.8 264 23 307.5 309.4 293.8 338.0 10.09 7 700 3148 6.3 5.0 91 1.4 5.5 269 26 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.5 7.83 8 650 3752 2.2 0.1 86 2.1 1.1 271 28 311.4 312.5 291.7 329.9 5.93 9 600 4394 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.7 -4.0 275 30 312.9 313.7 290.7 326.3 4.24 10 550 5077 -7.8 -11.0 78 3.2 -9.1 274 34 314.8 315.3 290.1 324.5 2.99 11 500 5812 -12.0 -20.6 49 8.6 -14.6 269 35 318.4 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.48 12 450 6611 -16.5 -27.6 38 11.1 -19.1 261 33 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.88 13 400 7486 -21.9 -34.7 30 12.8 -24.1 259 35 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.50 14 350 8455 -29.0 -40.0 34 11.0 -30.3 256 44 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.34 15 300 9537 -37.8 -46.3 41 8.5 -38.4 254 48 332.1 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.20 16 250 10766 -47.5 -54.6 44 7.1 -47.8 258 50 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 17 200 12213 -56.0 -62.5 44 6.5 -56.1 263 44 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14012 -61.7 -77.1 11 15.4 -61.9 261 47 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16482 -67.0 -83.0 9 16.1 -67.1 261 30 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.88 m Freezing level: 628.12 mb = 4032.96 m = 13231.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3883.32 m = 12740.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.86 mb = 1077.19 m = 3534.04 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 23.16 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1799.77 m = 5904.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.60 C = 87.09 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.53 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 26.23 C K Index: 42.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1593.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.23 mb = 1609.04 m = 5278.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.23 mb = 1970.13 m = 6463.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.23 mb = 12013.66 m = 39414.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1582.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.23 mb = 15063.29 m = 49419.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 58.68 Bulk Shear: 27.16 m/s