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: 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 49 SFC 955 443 17.5 15.1 86 2.4 16.0 222 5 294.5 296.6 290.9 327.2 11.40 2 950 488 17.6 14.3 81 3.4 15.5 226 9 295.1 297.0 290.6 326.2 10.82 3 900 949 16.3 10.0 66 6.3 12.4 261 21 298.3 299.8 289.8 323.4 8.57 4 850 1435 15.4 5.7 52 9.7 9.8 288 22 302.3 303.5 289.5 322.4 6.75 5 800 1947 12.4 3.9 56 8.5 7.7 285 23 304.4 305.6 289.9 323.6 6.35 6 750 2485 8.9 2.2 63 6.7 5.3 267 30 306.3 307.4 290.2 324.6 6.00 7 700 3053 5.2 1.1 74 4.2 3.0 248 34 308.3 309.4 290.7 326.4 5.91 8 650 3655 2.5 -0.8 79 3.3 0.8 235 38 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.1 5.55 9 600 4300 -1.0 -2.8 87 1.9 -1.9 228 48 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.4 5.18 10 550 4989 -5.3 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.1 228 56 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.0 4.09 11 500 5732 -9.4 -10.9 89 1.5 -10.0 226 56 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.6 3.33 12 450 6540 -14.2 -16.0 86 1.8 -14.8 229 54 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.7 2.45 13 400 7424 -20.3 -22.2 84 2.0 -20.8 230 60 328.6 328.9 292.9 334.2 1.61 14 350 8398 -27.5 -28.4 92 0.9 -27.7 222 64 331.6 331.8 293.2 335.4 1.05 15 300 9489 -35.5 -36.1 93 0.7 -35.5 209 57 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.58 16 250 10733 -45.1 -45.3 97 0.3 -45.1 183 50 339.1 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.27 17 200 12186 -56.0 -58.1 77 2.1 -56.1 219 61 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.3 0.07 18 150 13991 -61.4 -79.2 8 17.8 -61.6 254 57 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16456 -68.5 -83.5 10 15.0 -68.6 256 41 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.97 m Freezing level: 614.29 mb = 4115.37 m = 13501.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.50 mb = 3836.93 m = 12588.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.09 mb = 742.04 m = 2434.50 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.75 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2735.01 m = 8973.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 15.03 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7248.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.23 mb = 1674.28 m = 5492.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 4.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: -30.3 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 80.20 m/s