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: 34.75,-92.32 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 994 101 29.6 16.0 44 13.7 20.4 191 10 303.3 305.5 293.7 337.7 11.56 2 950 501 25.7 14.1 49 11.6 18.1 194 22 303.3 305.3 293.1 335.2 10.74 3 900 973 21.2 13.2 60 8.0 16.0 196 25 303.4 305.3 293.1 335.1 10.66 4 850 1465 16.6 12.3 76 4.3 13.8 198 25 303.5 305.5 293.1 335.1 10.62 5 800 1978 11.9 11.1 94 0.9 11.4 200 26 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.9 10.41 6 750 2518 9.6 7.8 89 1.8 8.5 217 29 307.0 308.7 292.7 333.9 8.89 7 700 3089 7.0 2.3 72 4.7 4.4 220 31 310.2 311.5 291.7 330.2 6.46 8 650 3695 3.9 -2.0 65 5.9 0.8 221 35 313.3 314.3 291.5 329.4 5.08 9 600 4341 -0.3 -5.5 68 5.2 -2.7 221 39 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.4 4.24 10 550 5032 -5.3 -9.4 73 4.2 -7.0 220 42 317.8 318.5 291.4 329.0 3.41 11 500 5772 -10.6 -13.6 79 3.0 -11.7 223 46 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.0 2.68 12 450 6578 -14.2 -22.9 47 8.8 -16.6 229 53 325.4 325.7 291.7 330.1 1.34 13 400 7461 -20.0 -24.2 69 4.2 -21.1 236 59 329.0 329.3 292.7 333.8 1.35 14 350 8439 -26.6 -27.0 97 0.4 -26.7 246 63 332.8 333.1 293.6 337.1 1.20 15 300 9532 -35.3 -35.3 99 0.1 -35.3 254 64 335.6 335.8 293.8 338.0 0.63 16 250 10773 -45.5 -45.7 98 0.1 -45.6 253 69 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 17 200 12228 -54.4 -60.5 47 6.1 -54.5 256 71 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 18 150 14037 -62.0 -77.7 11 15.7 -62.1 257 69 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16486 -69.8 -83.4 12 13.6 -69.9 257 34 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.58 m Freezing level: 603.40 mb = 4297.31 m = 14098.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3842.48 m = 12606.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.73 mb = 1823.67 m = 5983.09 ft T: 13.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.74 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2056.01 m = 6745.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.91 mb = 1936.87 m = 6354.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.91 mb = 4355.75 m = 14290.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.91 mb = 7481.44 m = 24545.10 ft B at Equ Level: 99.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.91 mb = 10028.40 m = 32901.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 41.36 m/s