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: 36.07,-94.15 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 958 427 26.7 17.2 56 9.5 20.2 213 16 303.6 306.0 294.8 342.2 13.01 2 950 497 25.1 16.5 59 8.6 19.2 214 22 302.7 305.0 294.3 339.8 12.56 3 900 968 20.3 15.3 73 5.0 17.0 215 30 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.6 12.24 4 850 1459 15.9 14.0 88 1.9 14.7 219 31 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.1 11.91 5 800 1972 12.9 10.4 85 2.4 11.3 227 34 304.9 306.7 293.0 334.8 9.98 6 750 2513 10.4 4.8 68 5.6 7.1 233 32 307.8 309.2 291.6 329.8 7.19 7 700 3084 6.0 3.1 81 2.9 4.4 239 26 309.1 310.4 291.7 330.1 6.83 8 650 3686 1.4 0.7 95 0.7 1.0 241 22 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.7 6.19 9 600 4327 -3.0 -3.5 97 0.5 -3.2 236 22 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.2 4.94 10 550 5010 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.8 235 24 315.1 315.9 290.9 327.3 3.80 11 500 5746 -11.2 -11.7 96 0.5 -11.4 219 30 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.13 12 450 6548 -16.0 -16.3 98 0.2 -16.1 210 40 323.1 323.5 292.0 331.1 2.39 13 400 7425 -21.9 -22.0 99 0.1 -22.0 216 46 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.2 1.64 14 350 8394 -29.4 -29.4 100 0.0 -29.4 224 56 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.6 0.96 15 300 9475 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 226 70 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10706 -47.4 -47.5 99 0.1 -47.4 236 88 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 17 200 12161 -51.5 -70.1 9 18.6 -51.9 245 85 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 13989 -60.2 -78.6 7 18.4 -60.4 247 72 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16462 -68.6 -83.8 9 15.2 -68.7 257 39 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.63 m Freezing level: 634.36 mb = 3886.65 m = 12751.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3829.24 m = 12562.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.64 mb = 1623.31 m = 5325.75 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1804.19 m = 5919.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1028.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.76 mb = 1611.92 m = 5288.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.76 mb = 2626.61 m = 8617.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.76 mb = 10978.45 m = 36018.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1026.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.76 mb = 13587.96 m = 44579.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.5 neg: -7.9 tot: 94.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 189.13 Bulk Shear: 5.44 m/s