MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.36,-92.80 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 980 241 28.9 17.8 51 11.1 21.2 204 10 303.8 306.2 295.0 343.0 13.20 2 950 517 24.6 16.7 62 7.9 19.2 207 20 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.7 12.71 3 900 988 20.1 15.8 76 4.3 17.2 210 21 302.2 304.5 294.2 339.5 12.62 4 850 1479 15.7 14.7 94 1.0 15.1 213 21 302.6 304.9 294.2 339.6 12.50 5 800 1992 13.2 11.1 87 2.1 11.9 226 25 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.4 10.41 6 750 2533 10.1 8.2 88 1.8 9.0 228 22 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.3 9.16 7 700 3105 6.9 3.7 80 3.2 5.1 229 21 310.1 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.16 8 650 3711 3.2 -0.6 76 3.8 1.2 230 23 312.6 313.6 291.7 330.2 5.63 9 600 4355 -1.3 -4.6 78 3.3 -2.9 228 28 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.0 4.54 10 550 5043 -5.8 -7.5 88 1.7 -6.5 229 35 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.0 3.97 11 500 5783 -11.0 -12.1 92 1.1 -11.5 233 40 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.5 3.01 12 450 6585 -15.2 -16.6 89 1.4 -15.7 231 41 324.1 324.5 292.3 332.0 2.32 13 400 7466 -20.8 -28.7 49 7.8 -22.5 235 46 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.2 0.90 14 350 8439 -27.9 -33.9 57 6.0 -28.9 240 55 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.5 0.62 15 300 9526 -36.5 -44.3 44 7.8 -37.2 243 65 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.25 16 250 10760 -47.3 -50.4 71 3.0 -47.4 246 71 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.15 17 200 12213 -52.3 -68.2 13 15.9 -52.6 246 84 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.02 18 150 14034 -62.1 -78.3 10 16.1 -62.3 251 75 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16481 -69.7 -83.7 11 14.0 -69.8 261 37 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.48 m Freezing level: 614.60 mb = 4166.74 m = 13670.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.26 mb = 3895.25 m = 12779.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.45 mb = 1634.99 m = 5364.08 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 10.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1695.38 m = 5562.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.74 mb = 1541.20 m = 5056.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.74 mb = 2326.27 m = 7632.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.74 mb = 11339.06 m = 37201.19 ft B at Equ Level: 860.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.74 mb = 13675.23 m = 44865.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -7.8 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 47.02 Bulk Shear: 18.64 m/s