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: 35.29,-93.05 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -93.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 978 240 22.9 18.7 77 4.2 20.0 255 9 297.9 300.4 293.9 338.5 13.99 2 950 494 21.0 17.2 79 3.8 18.4 255 19 298.5 300.9 293.5 336.7 13.11 3 900 960 17.9 15.4 85 2.5 16.3 245 24 299.9 302.2 293.3 336.0 12.31 4 850 1448 14.9 13.7 93 1.2 14.1 231 28 301.8 303.9 293.4 336.3 11.70 5 800 1959 11.9 11.7 99 0.2 11.7 221 32 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.1 10.84 6 750 2498 9.0 8.8 99 0.1 8.9 218 36 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.55 7 700 3066 5.7 3.8 87 1.9 4.6 216 39 308.8 310.2 292.0 330.9 7.20 8 650 3669 2.6 0.1 83 2.5 1.3 214 43 311.9 313.1 291.9 330.5 5.94 9 600 4312 -0.9 -3.4 83 2.5 -2.1 212 47 315.1 316.1 292.0 330.9 4.97 10 550 5001 -4.8 -6.6 87 1.8 -5.7 217 49 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.1 4.24 11 500 5744 -8.9 -10.5 88 1.6 -9.5 223 48 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.6 3.44 12 450 6551 -13.3 -14.6 90 1.3 -13.8 231 47 326.5 327.1 293.3 335.8 2.74 13 400 7438 -18.6 -19.8 90 1.2 -19.0 242 49 330.8 331.2 293.7 337.7 1.99 14 350 8417 -25.9 -26.9 91 1.0 -26.1 248 51 333.9 334.1 293.9 338.3 1.21 15 300 9514 -34.3 -35.4 90 1.1 -34.5 251 50 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.4 0.62 16 250 10761 -44.5 -45.4 91 0.9 -44.6 254 52 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.27 17 200 12217 -55.2 -58.7 65 3.5 -55.3 264 50 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.07 18 150 14011 -62.7 -78.5 10 15.7 -62.9 263 67 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16472 -68.8 -83.6 10 14.8 -68.9 253 39 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.77 m Freezing level: 612.34 mb = 4153.13 m = 13625.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.74 mb = 3910.43 m = 12829.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.06 mb = 770.38 m = 2527.46 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 5.83 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1395.35 m = 4577.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 124.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.03 mb = 1103.54 m = 3620.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.03 mb = 1959.14 m = 6427.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.03 mb = 6550.84 m = 21492.00 ft B at Equ Level: 124.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.03 mb = 9513.03 m = 31210.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 87.07 m/s