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: 35.91,-92.44 Latitude: 35.91 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 976 280 27.1 17.7 56 9.4 20.6 199 10 302.4 304.8 294.6 341.3 13.16 2 950 512 24.2 16.7 63 7.5 19.1 201 22 301.7 304.1 294.1 339.1 12.68 3 900 982 19.7 15.7 78 4.0 17.0 203 26 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.8 12.56 4 850 1473 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.7 219 29 303.8 305.9 293.9 338.1 11.52 5 800 1988 14.1 10.4 78 3.7 11.8 230 27 306.2 308.1 293.4 336.3 9.97 6 750 2531 10.6 7.5 81 3.1 8.8 237 22 308.1 309.8 293.0 334.6 8.71 7 700 3103 6.8 4.0 82 2.8 5.2 241 21 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.4 7.28 8 650 3707 2.1 0.8 91 1.3 1.4 235 25 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.7 6.24 9 600 4349 -2.1 -3.2 92 1.1 -2.7 227 31 313.7 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.02 10 550 5036 -6.2 -6.9 94 0.8 -6.5 227 37 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.13 11 500 5777 -10.8 -11.5 95 0.7 -11.1 232 40 319.8 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.18 12 450 6578 -16.0 -16.2 98 0.3 -16.0 238 41 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.2 2.39 13 400 7456 -22.0 -23.8 85 1.8 -22.5 239 49 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.3 1.39 14 350 8425 -28.7 -36.0 49 7.3 -29.8 240 59 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9 0.50 15 300 9510 -36.9 -44.3 46 7.4 -37.5 242 69 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.25 16 250 10743 -47.6 -49.3 83 1.7 -47.7 246 76 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.17 17 200 12195 -52.5 -68.6 13 16.0 -52.8 246 88 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14018 -61.3 -78.6 8 17.3 -61.5 254 72 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16474 -69.3 -83.7 11 14.4 -69.4 261 36 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.19 m Freezing level: 625.08 mb = 4027.47 m = 13213.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.09 mb = 3918.93 m = 12857.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.03 mb = 1472.26 m = 4830.20 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 11.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.90 mb = 2031.47 m = 6664.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.54 mb = 1497.24 m = 4912.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.54 mb = 2839.97 m = 9317.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.54 mb = 11213.63 m = 36789.69 ft B at Equ Level: 897.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.54 mb = 13911.81 m = 45641.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.1 neg: -10.1 tot: 114.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 34.63 Bulk Shear: 26.23 m/s