MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.53,-92.76 Latitude: 34.53 Longitude: -92.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 988 151 28.5 17.1 50 11.4 20.7 187 8 302.7 305.0 294.3 339.8 12.54 2 950 498 25.8 15.3 52 10.5 18.7 193 20 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.8 11.58 3 900 971 21.4 14.2 64 7.1 16.6 197 24 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.4 11.41 4 850 1463 16.8 13.1 79 3.6 14.4 200 26 303.7 305.8 293.6 337.2 11.25 5 800 1977 12.1 11.7 97 0.4 11.9 203 27 304.0 306.1 293.4 336.4 10.86 6 750 2517 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 216 29 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.2 9.74 7 700 3087 7.1 2.3 72 4.8 4.5 221 32 310.3 311.6 291.8 330.4 6.48 8 650 3694 4.1 -2.5 62 6.7 0.8 221 35 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.1 4.89 9 600 4341 -0.1 -5.4 67 5.3 -2.6 220 38 316.0 316.8 291.6 329.6 4.25 10 550 5032 -5.1 -8.8 75 3.7 -6.7 219 41 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.6 3.57 11 500 5773 -10.2 -13.5 77 3.3 -11.5 224 45 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.6 2.70 12 450 6579 -14.1 -21.7 53 7.5 -16.3 228 52 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.7 1.50 13 400 7463 -20.0 -22.2 82 2.3 -20.6 236 58 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.7 1.61 14 350 8440 -26.6 -26.8 98 0.2 -26.6 245 62 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.3 1.22 15 300 9534 -35.4 -35.4 100 0.0 -35.4 251 64 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.63 16 250 10776 -45.1 -45.1 100 0.0 -45.1 252 71 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.27 17 200 12232 -54.4 -60.2 49 5.7 -54.6 254 67 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14042 -62.1 -77.6 11 15.5 -62.3 259 67 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16491 -70.2 -83.4 13 13.3 -70.2 262 34 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.23 m Freezing level: 601.45 mb = 4322.18 m = 14180.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.50 mb = 3838.59 m = 12593.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.15 mb = 1591.99 m = 5222.99 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1880.90 m = 6170.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.65 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 266.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.12 mb = 1797.18 m = 5896.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.12 mb = 1954.16 m = 6411.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 702.12 mb = 3062.47 m = 10047.34 ft B at Equ Level: 12.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.12 mb = 12163.18 m = 39904.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 5.44 Bulk Shear: 49.02 m/s