MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.93,-92.53 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -92.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 995 117 29.5 16.6 46 13.0 20.6 196 10 303.1 305.4 294.0 338.8 12.00 2 950 523 23.9 15.1 58 8.8 18.0 200 19 301.4 303.5 293.1 335.2 11.45 3 900 992 19.5 14.3 72 5.2 16.1 203 20 301.6 303.7 293.2 335.4 11.46 4 850 1481 15.1 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 208 19 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.7 11.41 5 800 1995 13.3 10.4 83 2.9 11.5 222 21 305.3 307.2 293.1 335.2 9.96 6 750 2536 9.9 6.6 80 3.4 7.9 228 17 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.16 7 700 3107 6.6 2.4 75 4.1 4.3 228 17 309.8 311.0 291.7 329.9 6.52 8 650 3712 3.3 -2.2 67 5.4 0.5 221 23 312.7 313.6 291.3 328.5 5.02 9 600 4357 -0.7 -6.5 65 5.8 -3.3 219 29 315.3 316.1 291.1 327.9 3.93 10 550 5046 -5.7 -7.6 86 2.0 -6.5 222 35 317.4 318.1 291.7 330.1 3.92 11 500 5786 -11.1 -12.1 92 1.0 -11.5 227 39 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.5 3.03 12 450 6590 -14.8 -21.3 58 6.5 -16.7 224 40 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.0 1.55 13 400 7472 -20.2 -26.6 57 6.4 -21.7 230 47 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.6 1.09 14 350 8447 -27.5 -41.7 25 14.3 -29.3 236 54 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.28 15 300 9536 -36.2 -41.4 59 5.2 -36.7 242 64 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.7 0.34 16 250 10772 -47.0 -48.4 85 1.4 -47.1 244 70 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.19 17 200 12226 -52.2 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.5 245 80 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14048 -62.1 -78.6 9 16.4 -62.3 250 70 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16489 -70.1 -83.3 13 13.2 -70.2 262 40 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.39 m Freezing level: 608.64 mb = 4245.34 m = 13928.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.25 mb = 3795.98 m = 12453.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.88 mb = 1745.90 m = 5727.93 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 7.78 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2145.86 m = 7040.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.15 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.55 mb = 1657.27 m = 5437.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.55 mb = 3617.65 m = 11868.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.55 mb = 8915.30 m = 29249.33 ft B at Equ Level: 195.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.55 mb = 11677.88 m = 38312.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -5.9 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 11.23 Bulk Shear: 17.40 m/s