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: 35.98,-92.08 Latitude: 35.98 Longitude: -92.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 979 218 27.4 17.7 56 9.7 20.6 189 10 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.1 13.10 2 950 482 25.3 16.4 58 8.9 19.2 190 23 302.8 305.1 294.2 339.7 12.43 3 900 954 20.9 15.2 70 5.7 17.1 193 29 303.0 305.2 294.1 339.0 12.16 4 850 1446 16.3 14.0 86 2.3 14.8 198 33 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.7 11.92 5 800 1959 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 204 33 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.2 11.31 6 750 2500 9.6 9.0 96 0.6 9.3 211 31 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.3 9.67 7 700 3071 7.0 3.5 78 3.5 5.0 213 28 310.3 311.6 292.3 332.0 7.04 8 650 3677 3.4 -1.2 72 4.6 1.0 212 30 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.8 5.41 9 600 4322 -0.7 -5.8 69 5.1 -3.1 213 37 315.3 316.1 291.3 328.6 4.14 10 550 5012 -5.4 -8.0 81 2.7 -6.5 219 46 317.7 318.5 291.7 330.0 3.79 11 500 5754 -9.9 -14.2 70 4.4 -11.5 226 47 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.5 2.54 12 450 6559 -14.5 -17.7 77 3.2 -15.6 230 53 325.0 325.4 292.3 332.2 2.12 13 400 7442 -20.4 -21.9 88 1.4 -20.8 237 59 328.4 328.8 292.9 334.2 1.66 14 350 8417 -27.5 -27.6 98 0.2 -27.5 244 67 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.8 1.13 15 300 9507 -35.8 -35.8 100 -0.0 -35.8 252 67 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.60 16 250 10747 -45.5 -45.6 100 0.0 -45.6 259 70 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 17 200 12199 -56.0 -57.1 88 1.1 -56.1 247 69 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 14006 -61.1 -78.2 9 17.1 -61.3 255 70 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16469 -68.8 -83.8 10 14.9 -68.9 256 37 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.92 m Freezing level: 608.75 mb = 4209.31 m = 13809.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.62 mb = 3832.31 m = 12573.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.26 mb = 1443.07 m = 4734.44 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 12.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.51 mb = 1744.90 m = 5724.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 590.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.43 mb = 1612.55 m = 5290.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.43 mb = 1870.56 m = 6136.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.43 mb = 11055.19 m = 36269.88 ft B at Equ Level: 584.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.43 mb = 13662.87 m = 44825.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.7 neg: -6.7 tot: 145.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 13.95 Bulk Shear: 42.31 m/s