MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-91.54 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 983 188 24.2 17.1 64 7.1 19.4 207 11 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.3 12.54 2 950 489 22.9 14.9 61 7.9 17.6 204 25 300.4 302.5 292.7 333.6 11.31 3 900 957 18.7 13.5 72 5.2 15.3 204 31 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.8 10.86 4 850 1445 14.4 12.2 86 2.3 13.0 206 36 301.3 303.2 292.3 332.3 10.53 5 800 1955 11.2 10.7 97 0.5 10.9 214 38 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.4 10.19 6 750 2493 8.7 8.0 95 0.8 8.3 220 37 306.0 307.7 292.6 333.1 8.98 7 700 3062 5.3 4.2 93 1.0 4.6 218 36 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.0 7.42 8 650 3664 1.4 0.5 94 0.8 1.0 215 39 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.6 6.14 9 600 4305 -2.4 -3.0 96 0.6 -2.7 214 46 313.3 314.3 291.5 329.4 5.10 10 550 4991 -6.4 -6.9 97 0.5 -6.7 211 52 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.8 4.15 11 500 5730 -10.8 -11.2 96 0.5 -10.9 212 56 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.6 3.24 12 450 6533 -15.7 -15.9 98 0.3 -15.7 220 59 323.6 324.0 292.2 331.8 2.45 13 400 7412 -21.0 -21.1 99 0.1 -21.1 227 61 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.8 1.77 14 350 8386 -27.2 -27.6 97 0.4 -27.3 233 57 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.2 1.14 15 300 9479 -34.8 -35.7 92 0.8 -35.0 239 55 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.6 0.61 16 250 10725 -45.0 -46.1 89 1.1 -45.1 241 62 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.25 17 200 12179 -54.9 -58.2 67 3.3 -54.9 260 69 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 13997 -60.3 -77.5 9 17.2 -60.4 267 57 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16458 -69.5 -83.7 11 14.2 -69.5 254 38 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.00 m Freezing level: 631.81 mb = 3897.29 m = 12786.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.03 mb = 3825.42 m = 12550.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.83 mb = 1092.81 m = 3585.28 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1712.37 m = 5617.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.48 mb = 1480.16 m = 4856.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.48 mb = 2812.82 m = 9228.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 401.48 mb = 7384.07 m = 24225.66 ft B at Equ Level: 162.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 291.48 mb = 9676.18 m = 31745.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 151.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.12 Bulk Shear: 52.26 m/s