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: 35.82,-92.76 Latitude: 35.82 Longitude: -92.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 972 314 26.6 18.1 60 8.5 20.6 203 10 302.2 304.7 294.8 342.2 13.53 2 950 510 24.0 17.1 65 6.9 19.2 205 20 301.5 303.9 294.3 339.8 13.01 3 900 981 19.5 16.1 81 3.4 17.2 207 25 301.6 303.9 294.2 339.5 12.86 4 850 1471 16.7 13.7 83 2.9 14.7 221 29 303.6 305.8 293.9 338.4 11.69 5 800 1986 14.1 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 230 28 306.2 308.0 293.4 336.6 10.12 6 750 2529 10.6 7.6 82 3.0 8.8 235 23 308.1 309.8 293.0 334.8 8.78 7 700 3101 6.8 4.1 83 2.7 5.2 236 22 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.6 7.34 8 650 3706 2.1 0.8 91 1.4 1.4 232 24 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.8 6.24 9 600 4348 -1.9 -3.0 92 1.1 -2.5 227 29 313.9 314.8 291.7 330.0 5.10 10 550 5035 -5.9 -6.7 94 0.8 -6.3 227 34 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.6 4.20 11 500 5776 -10.6 -11.3 95 0.7 -10.9 233 37 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.7 3.23 12 450 6578 -15.6 -15.8 98 0.3 -15.7 235 39 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.0 2.47 13 400 7457 -21.9 -24.0 83 2.1 -22.4 237 47 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.4 1.38 14 350 8426 -28.7 -34.9 55 6.2 -29.7 239 58 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.56 15 300 9511 -36.8 -45.4 41 8.6 -37.6 241 68 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.22 16 250 10743 -47.6 -49.4 81 1.8 -47.7 246 76 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.17 17 200 12195 -52.7 -68.2 14 15.6 -53.0 245 88 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14018 -61.5 -78.5 9 17.0 -61.6 253 75 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16474 -69.2 -83.7 11 14.5 -69.4 259 38 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.50 m Freezing level: 623.71 mb = 4043.40 m = 13265.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.84 mb = 3933.09 m = 12903.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.03 mb = 1390.24 m = 4561.11 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.66 mb = 1926.31 m = 6319.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 965.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.79 mb = 1432.80 m = 4700.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.79 mb = 2766.80 m = 9077.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.79 mb = 11320.19 m = 37139.26 ft B at Equ Level: 951.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.79 mb = 14066.79 m = 46150.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.3 neg: -9.3 tot: 107.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 44.48 Bulk Shear: 21.70 m/s