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: 36.73,-92.60 Latitude: 36.73 Longitude: -92.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 317 19.8 18.3 91 1.5 18.8 248 10 295.5 298.0 293.1 335.1 13.78 2 950 490 18.6 17.0 90 1.7 17.5 254 21 296.1 298.4 292.6 333.2 12.90 3 900 954 16.8 13.2 79 3.6 14.5 254 23 298.9 300.8 291.7 330.0 10.66 4 850 1440 14.4 11.2 81 3.3 12.4 254 23 301.3 303.1 291.8 330.3 9.85 5 800 1951 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 9.9 249 23 303.5 305.2 291.7 330.2 8.93 6 750 2489 8.7 6.3 85 2.4 7.3 241 23 306.0 307.5 291.7 330.2 8.00 7 700 3057 5.5 3.6 87 1.9 4.5 228 24 308.6 310.0 291.8 330.4 7.11 8 650 3660 2.0 0.6 90 1.4 1.3 220 26 311.3 312.4 291.8 330.5 6.17 9 600 4303 -1.8 -2.6 94 0.8 -2.2 213 28 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.6 5.26 10 550 4990 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.5 -5.9 211 32 317.4 318.2 292.1 331.5 4.38 11 500 5731 -10.0 -10.5 96 0.5 -10.2 215 35 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.44 12 450 6536 -14.8 -15.1 97 0.3 -14.9 218 39 324.6 325.2 292.7 333.5 2.63 13 400 7418 -20.4 -20.4 100 0.0 -20.4 226 42 328.5 328.9 293.1 335.1 1.89 14 350 8393 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 233 42 332.1 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.18 15 300 9484 -35.5 -35.5 100 -0.0 -35.5 231 41 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.62 16 250 10726 -45.7 -45.7 99 0.1 -45.7 226 50 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.2 0.26 17 200 12172 -57.1 -57.3 98 0.1 -57.1 223 78 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 13970 -60.3 -78.0 8 17.7 -60.4 260 66 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16447 -67.3 -83.8 8 16.4 -67.5 257 44 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.38 m Freezing level: 623.48 mb = 4000.89 m = 13126.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.39 mb = 3893.45 m = 12773.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.96 mb = 499.45 m = 1638.59 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.18 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1651.95 m = 5419.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5037.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.78 mb = 1118.14 m = 3668.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -8.6 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 21.65 m/s