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: 35.68,-93.16 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 969 325 18.3 17.1 93 1.1 17.5 288 12 294.1 296.3 291.9 330.6 12.78 2 950 494 17.1 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 291 24 294.5 296.7 291.4 328.8 11.97 3 900 954 15.0 13.3 90 1.7 13.9 286 31 297.0 298.9 291.2 328.1 10.73 4 850 1438 13.2 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 270 28 300.0 301.8 291.6 329.5 10.05 5 800 1947 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 248 29 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.1 9.40 6 750 2484 8.4 7.1 91 1.3 7.6 233 34 305.7 307.3 292.0 331.2 8.45 7 700 3051 5.4 4.0 91 1.4 4.6 226 39 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.8 7.30 8 650 3654 2.5 0.9 89 1.6 1.7 222 43 311.8 313.0 292.1 331.4 6.30 9 600 4297 -0.6 -2.3 88 1.7 -1.4 221 46 315.5 316.5 292.4 332.6 5.40 10 550 4987 -4.2 -5.6 90 1.3 -4.9 223 48 319.1 320.0 292.8 333.9 4.59 11 500 5732 -8.2 -9.3 92 1.1 -8.7 224 45 323.1 323.8 293.2 335.6 3.79 12 450 6541 -12.6 -13.8 91 1.2 -13.0 228 43 327.4 328.0 293.6 337.3 2.92 13 400 7429 -18.1 -19.2 91 1.1 -18.4 233 43 331.5 331.9 294.0 338.8 2.09 14 350 8410 -25.3 -26.4 91 1.1 -25.6 236 44 334.6 334.9 294.1 339.2 1.26 15 300 9509 -33.7 -35.0 88 1.3 -33.8 238 42 337.9 338.1 294.4 340.4 0.65 16 250 10760 -43.9 -45.2 86 1.3 -44.0 241 36 340.8 340.9 294.8 341.9 0.27 17 200 12217 -55.9 -57.1 86 1.2 -55.9 249 31 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14000 -64.0 -73.9 25 9.9 -64.1 255 62 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16465 -68.3 -83.7 9 15.5 -68.4 253 38 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.23 m Freezing level: 609.29 mb = 4177.35 m = 13705.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.27 mb = 3991.22 m = 13094.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.87 mb = 467.86 m = 1534.95 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1445.47 m = 4742.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5747.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.81 mb = 974.94 m = 3198.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -62.5 tot: -46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 132.85 m/s