MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-91.62 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 97 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.2 199 5 293.9 296.6 293.3 336.0 14.74 1 1000 120 21.0 19.7 92 1.3 20.1 204 6 294.2 296.8 293.3 335.9 14.59 2 950 563 18.5 17.8 96 0.7 18.0 223 19 295.9 298.4 293.1 335.1 13.60 3 900 1027 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 15.9 232 20 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.8 12.63 4 850 1513 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 246 21 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.2 11.51 5 800 2027 13.7 4.3 53 9.4 8.4 260 24 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.6 6.52 6 750 2566 9.5 -0.7 49 10.2 4.3 264 23 306.9 307.8 289.3 321.9 4.86 7 700 3135 5.5 -5.7 44 11.2 0.4 271 22 308.6 309.3 288.7 319.8 3.57 8 650 3737 2.7 -13.0 30 15.7 -3.4 274 24 312.0 312.4 288.5 319.1 2.17 9 600 4381 0.3 -28.4 10 28.6 -7.6 282 25 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.6 0.61 10 550 5073 -3.5 -36.1 6 32.7 -10.8 284 26 320.0 320.0 289.1 321.1 0.32 11 500 5818 -8.8 -36.6 9 27.8 -14.5 281 30 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.33 12 450 6624 -14.7 -37.5 13 22.8 -18.8 278 32 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.0 0.34 13 400 7503 -21.6 -38.8 20 17.2 -24.2 278 35 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.33 14 350 8472 -29.4 -37.1 47 7.7 -30.4 278 41 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.45 15 300 9553 -37.2 -38.0 92 0.8 -37.3 282 46 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.48 16 250 10784 -47.8 -49.0 87 1.2 -47.9 280 54 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.18 17 200 12219 -58.0 -62.8 54 4.8 -58.1 285 63 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 14007 -63.3 -77.4 13 14.2 -63.4 283 50 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16475 -68.0 -84.0 8 16.0 -68.1 283 35 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.83 m Freezing level: 596.51 mb = 4429.19 m = 14531.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.13 mb = 3191.34 m = 10470.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.57 mb = 236.93 m = 777.31 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 752.13 m = 2467.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.88 C = 74.99 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 26.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.22 mb = 642.91 m = 2109.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.22 mb = 2945.93 m = 9665.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 626.22 mb = 4036.70 m = 13243.60 ft B at Equ Level: 29.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 536.22 mb = 5271.24 m = 17293.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.33 Bulk Shear: 40.81 m/s