MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-92.23 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 990 150 18.1 17.0 93 1.1 17.4 201 5 292.1 294.3 290.9 327.3 12.41 2 950 505 18.7 14.3 76 4.3 15.8 238 21 296.1 298.1 291.0 327.5 10.86 3 900 970 18.7 11.2 62 7.5 14.0 256 32 300.8 302.5 291.2 328.3 9.35 4 850 1459 16.1 9.0 63 7.1 11.8 264 40 303.0 304.6 291.3 328.4 8.51 5 800 1971 12.5 6.1 65 6.4 8.8 269 45 304.5 305.9 290.8 326.8 7.42 6 750 2509 8.3 3.0 69 5.3 5.4 271 48 305.6 306.8 290.2 324.9 6.35 7 700 3076 4.4 -0.7 69 5.2 1.8 268 52 307.4 308.3 289.8 323.3 5.18 8 650 3675 0.7 -6.3 59 7.0 -2.4 260 57 309.7 310.4 289.1 321.3 3.67 9 600 4314 -2.3 -10.7 53 8.4 -5.7 252 63 313.5 314.0 289.6 322.6 2.83 10 550 5001 -5.6 -18.5 35 12.9 -9.9 261 59 317.5 317.8 289.6 322.9 1.62 11 500 5743 -9.5 -31.6 15 22.1 -14.6 275 56 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.4 0.55 12 450 6548 -14.6 -38.5 11 23.9 -18.8 265 57 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.30 13 400 7431 -19.5 -26.0 56 6.5 -21.1 245 58 329.6 329.9 292.7 333.8 1.15 14 350 8412 -25.5 -29.3 71 3.8 -26.3 234 57 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.9 0.96 15 300 9511 -33.9 -36.5 77 2.7 -34.2 225 48 337.6 337.8 294.3 339.8 0.56 16 250 10763 -43.5 -44.3 92 0.8 -43.5 209 50 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.6 0.30 17 200 12224 -54.6 -58.8 59 4.2 -54.7 230 56 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14029 -63.5 -76.3 16 12.8 -63.6 250 52 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16476 -68.1 -83.6 9 15.5 -68.2 258 36 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.60 m Freezing level: 638.50 mb = 3822.01 m = 12539.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.93 mb = 3322.75 m = 10901.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.84 mb = 291.84 m = 957.46 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2166.97 m = 7109.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 2.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.52 C K Index: 29.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6298.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.65 mb = 1214.27 m = 3983.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.8 neg: -1.6 tot: 322.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 165.09 m/s