MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.87,-92.07 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -92.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 965 351 25.0 17.8 64 7.2 20.0 186 12 301.1 303.6 294.4 340.5 13.40 2 950 488 23.0 16.9 69 6.1 18.8 190 21 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.2 12.86 3 900 956 18.6 15.7 84 2.8 16.7 198 26 300.6 302.9 293.7 337.6 12.58 4 850 1445 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.4 209 27 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.2 11.92 5 800 1958 13.5 10.3 81 3.2 11.4 216 28 305.5 307.4 293.1 335.1 9.86 6 750 2499 10.0 8.0 87 2.0 8.8 211 24 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.9 9.04 7 700 3070 6.2 5.0 93 1.1 5.5 207 22 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.4 7.86 8 650 3674 1.9 1.0 94 0.8 1.4 209 21 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.9 6.37 9 600 4315 -2.4 -3.4 93 1.0 -2.9 204 26 313.3 314.3 291.4 329.0 4.96 10 550 5001 -6.6 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.4 209 31 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.1 3.69 11 500 5739 -11.0 -12.8 87 1.8 -11.7 217 39 319.6 320.1 291.4 329.0 2.85 12 450 6541 -16.1 -17.1 93 0.9 -16.4 220 46 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.5 2.23 13 400 7418 -22.0 -22.1 99 0.1 -22.0 224 54 326.4 326.8 292.3 332.1 1.63 14 350 8385 -29.1 -29.1 100 -0.0 -29.1 225 65 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.98 15 300 9467 -38.0 -38.0 100 -0.0 -38.0 232 77 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.48 16 250 10697 -47.1 -47.2 99 0.1 -47.1 237 87 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.22 17 200 12146 -52.9 -64.7 23 11.8 -53.2 247 87 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 13982 -58.5 -79.7 5 21.2 -58.7 248 71 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16458 -68.7 -83.8 10 15.1 -68.8 253 37 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.17 m Freezing level: 627.99 mb = 3956.32 m = 12979.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.56 mb = 3879.29 m = 12727.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.28 mb = 1252.91 m = 4110.55 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 12.40 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1593.81 m = 5228.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.22 mb = 1322.61 m = 4339.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.22 mb = 2641.68 m = 8666.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.22 mb = 11037.55 m = 36212.00 ft B at Equ Level: 804.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.22 mb = 13288.18 m = 43595.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: -22.6 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 62.78 Bulk Shear: 13.05 m/s