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: 36.79,-92.99 Latitude: 36.79 Longitude: -92.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 966 354 28.1 16.9 51 11.2 20.4 203 11 304.3 306.6 294.8 342.0 12.67 2 950 496 25.7 16.3 56 9.4 19.3 207 20 303.2 305.5 294.3 339.9 12.35 3 900 968 21.0 15.3 70 5.6 17.2 213 24 303.1 305.4 294.1 339.4 12.24 4 850 1460 16.5 14.3 87 2.2 15.0 219 24 303.4 305.7 294.2 339.4 12.13 5 800 1974 13.5 11.7 89 1.9 12.3 230 27 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.1 10.85 6 750 2517 11.4 5.7 68 5.7 8.0 241 30 309.0 310.4 292.4 332.5 7.68 7 700 3090 7.2 1.1 65 6.1 3.9 248 31 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.9 5.94 8 650 3694 1.8 -1.5 79 3.3 0.1 253 34 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.4 5.26 9 600 4334 -3.1 -4.0 94 0.9 -3.6 245 35 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.5 4.75 10 550 5019 -7.1 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.4 235 38 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.1 3.88 11 500 5755 -12.0 -13.0 92 1.0 -12.3 231 45 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.7 2.82 12 450 6554 -16.9 -17.9 92 1.0 -17.2 232 53 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.0 2.07 13 400 7427 -23.3 -27.8 66 4.5 -24.2 233 61 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.97 14 350 8391 -30.1 -42.6 28 12.5 -31.5 236 68 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 15 300 9472 -37.5 -46.5 38 9.0 -38.2 238 78 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.20 16 250 10702 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 240 86 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 17 200 12152 -52.0 -69.5 10 17.5 -52.4 245 96 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 13984 -60.2 -79.2 7 19.0 -60.4 254 71 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16453 -68.2 -83.7 9 15.5 -68.3 253 38 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.43 m Freezing level: 631.90 mb = 3925.86 m = 12879.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.92 mb = 3707.58 m = 12163.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.81 mb = 1756.41 m = 5762.43 ft T: 14.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.06 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 1968.17 m = 6457.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 26.24 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1246.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.14 mb = 1691.20 m = 5548.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.14 mb = 2947.02 m = 9668.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.14 mb = 11183.52 m = 36690.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1239.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.14 mb = 14311.50 m = 46953.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 29.45 Bulk Shear: 42.32 m/s