MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.95,-93.55 Latitude: 34.95 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 979 227 27.2 19.4 63 7.8 21.7 221 11 302.1 304.8 295.6 345.4 14.65 2 950 495 24.5 17.5 65 7.1 19.6 216 25 302.1 304.5 294.7 341.4 13.33 3 900 966 20.2 16.1 77 4.1 17.4 211 29 302.4 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.91 4 850 1457 16.4 14.3 87 2.1 15.0 208 32 303.3 305.6 294.1 339.4 12.15 5 800 1972 12.9 12.0 95 0.9 12.3 211 36 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.1 11.12 6 750 2512 9.7 8.9 94 0.9 9.2 218 36 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.57 7 700 3083 6.6 4.3 85 2.3 5.3 219 35 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.7 7.47 8 650 3688 3.3 -0.3 78 3.5 1.4 218 36 312.7 313.8 291.9 330.7 5.78 9 600 4333 -1.1 -3.2 85 2.2 -2.1 219 41 314.9 315.8 291.9 330.8 5.02 10 550 5022 -5.4 -6.6 91 1.2 -6.0 226 46 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.3 4.23 11 500 5764 -9.7 -12.3 81 2.6 -10.7 230 49 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.1 2.97 12 450 6571 -14.2 -17.5 76 3.3 -15.3 231 51 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.7 2.15 13 400 7454 -20.2 -21.4 90 1.2 -20.5 240 55 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.7 1.73 14 350 8430 -27.0 -27.5 96 0.5 -27.1 247 63 332.4 332.6 293.4 336.5 1.15 15 300 9522 -35.6 -36.2 94 0.6 -35.7 252 65 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.58 16 250 10764 -44.8 -46.2 86 1.4 -44.9 248 74 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.24 17 200 12223 -55.4 -56.6 86 1.2 -55.4 251 61 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.09 18 150 14025 -62.4 -77.5 12 15.0 -62.6 252 75 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16478 -70.8 -83.5 14 12.7 -70.9 256 38 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.61 m Freezing level: 612.34 mb = 4173.87 m = 13693.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.55 mb = 3932.98 m = 12903.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.03 mb = 1207.79 m = 3962.52 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1602.73 m = 5258.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.17 mb = 1415.23 m = 4643.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.17 mb = 1874.89 m = 6151.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.17 mb = 11053.82 m = 36265.37 ft B at Equ Level: 836.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.17 mb = 14478.43 m = 47500.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -3.1 tot: 120.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 24.11 Bulk Shear: 34.68 m/s