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: 36.23,-93.94 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 956 444 27.2 17.0 54 10.2 20.1 212 15 304.3 306.6 294.9 342.5 12.83 2 950 494 25.6 16.5 57 9.1 19.4 212 21 303.2 305.5 294.4 340.2 12.49 3 900 966 20.7 15.2 71 5.4 17.0 213 30 302.8 305.0 294.0 338.9 12.18 4 850 1458 16.2 13.9 86 2.4 14.7 217 31 303.2 305.3 293.9 338.2 11.82 5 800 1971 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.6 225 33 305.1 307.0 293.3 335.7 10.23 6 750 2513 11.4 3.7 59 7.6 7.1 235 31 308.9 310.2 291.6 329.5 6.69 7 700 3085 6.8 2.9 76 3.9 4.6 240 27 310.0 311.3 291.9 330.8 6.74 8 650 3690 1.6 0.1 90 1.5 0.8 243 25 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.3 5.96 9 600 4330 -3.1 -4.2 92 1.1 -3.6 237 26 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.3 4.67 10 550 5013 -7.7 -8.3 96 0.5 -7.9 236 29 314.9 315.7 290.8 326.9 3.73 11 500 5748 -11.5 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 224 34 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.06 12 450 6550 -16.4 -16.5 99 0.1 -16.4 215 42 322.7 323.1 291.9 330.5 2.34 13 400 7426 -22.4 -22.5 99 0.1 -22.4 220 49 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.3 1.57 14 350 8392 -29.8 -29.9 99 0.1 -29.8 227 59 328.6 328.7 292.2 331.8 0.91 15 300 9472 -37.7 -37.8 100 0.0 -37.8 226 69 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.49 16 250 10702 -47.7 -47.8 99 0.1 -47.7 237 86 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12158 -51.7 -70.8 8 19.0 -52.1 244 83 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13986 -59.9 -78.8 7 19.0 -60.0 248 71 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16458 -68.5 -83.8 9 15.2 -68.7 255 40 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.02 m Freezing level: 632.67 mb = 3911.45 m = 12832.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.57 mb = 3806.42 m = 12488.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.37 mb = 1727.39 m = 5667.21 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.01 mb = 1886.99 m = 6190.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1114.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.74 mb = 1672.32 m = 5486.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.74 mb = 2924.26 m = 9593.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.74 mb = 11140.72 m = 36550.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1104.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.74 mb = 13829.70 m = 45372.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.1 neg: -3.6 tot: 109.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 102.09 Bulk Shear: 10.92 m/s