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: 36.84,-92.21 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -92.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 966 342 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.4 238 12 297.0 299.6 293.8 337.8 14.10 2 950 489 20.0 17.2 84 2.8 18.1 240 23 297.5 299.8 293.2 335.3 13.07 3 900 954 17.2 13.6 79 3.7 14.8 240 29 299.3 301.3 292.0 331.2 10.92 4 850 1441 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.7 234 29 301.3 303.2 292.0 331.3 10.14 5 800 1951 11.6 9.3 86 2.3 10.2 228 27 303.5 305.3 292.0 331.1 9.23 6 750 2489 8.2 6.2 87 2.0 7.1 224 25 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.5 7.97 7 700 3056 4.9 2.8 86 2.1 3.8 219 23 307.9 309.2 291.3 328.5 6.73 8 650 3658 1.8 0.1 88 1.7 1.0 214 27 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.5 5.95 9 600 4301 -1.9 -2.9 93 1.0 -2.4 207 33 313.9 314.9 291.8 330.3 5.17 10 550 4988 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.6 -6.4 211 38 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.3 4.19 11 500 5728 -10.6 -11.3 94 0.7 -10.9 217 42 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.7 3.22 12 450 6531 -15.3 -15.6 98 0.3 -15.4 220 42 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.5 2.52 13 400 7411 -20.7 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.7 228 44 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.5 1.84 14 350 8385 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 240 42 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.18 15 300 9477 -35.3 -35.3 100 -0.0 -35.3 246 39 335.6 335.8 293.9 338.0 0.63 16 250 10719 -45.5 -45.6 99 0.1 -45.5 245 46 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 17 200 12167 -57.1 -57.1 99 0.1 -57.1 239 76 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.08 18 150 13963 -59.7 -77.9 8 18.2 -59.9 259 69 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16448 -67.5 -83.8 8 16.3 -67.5 260 40 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.51 m Freezing level: 625.23 mb = 3976.72 m = 13046.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3837.39 m = 12589.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.47 mb = 639.65 m = 2098.57 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.81 mb = 1612.68 m = 5290.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 34.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.79 mb = 1205.42 m = 3954.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.79 mb = 2502.31 m = 8209.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 428.79 mb = 6891.45 m = 22609.48 ft B at Equ Level: 100.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 328.79 mb = 8827.44 m = 28961.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -26.3 tot: -5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.09 Bulk Shear: 20.00 m/s