MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-93.74 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 987 222 23.0 19.0 78 4.0 20.2 226 8 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.1 14.11 2 950 551 20.6 16.7 78 3.9 17.9 230 20 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.8 12.65 3 900 1016 16.8 14.9 89 1.9 15.5 237 26 298.8 301.0 292.7 333.6 11.92 4 850 1502 13.8 12.7 94 1.0 13.1 243 27 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.7 10.95 5 800 2012 11.1 9.9 92 1.2 10.4 250 28 303.0 304.8 292.2 331.7 9.64 6 750 2549 8.7 6.9 88 1.8 7.6 252 30 306.0 307.6 292.0 331.2 8.33 7 700 3119 6.2 1.8 73 4.4 3.8 257 36 309.4 310.5 291.3 328.6 6.22 8 650 3722 2.1 -2.1 74 4.2 0.0 260 44 311.4 312.3 290.9 327.2 5.06 9 600 4363 -3.1 -8.1 68 5.1 -5.3 261 46 312.6 313.2 289.9 323.6 3.45 10 550 5046 -7.6 -17.3 46 9.7 -10.8 265 46 315.0 315.4 289.0 321.0 1.79 11 500 5780 -12.8 -31.9 19 19.1 -16.7 274 43 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.53 12 450 6574 -18.7 -38.6 16 19.9 -21.8 306 50 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.30 13 400 7440 -25.4 -38.2 29 12.8 -27.2 308 68 322.0 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.35 14 350 8392 -33.7 -44.2 34 10.5 -34.6 307 65 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.22 15 300 9456 -40.9 -53.2 25 12.3 -41.5 283 61 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.09 16 250 10670 -50.4 -55.1 58 4.7 -50.6 285 80 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 17 200 12113 -54.0 -70.2 12 16.3 -54.2 305 47 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 18 150 13908 -63.9 -78.5 12 14.6 -64.0 282 62 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16394 -64.8 -83.8 6 18.9 -65.0 276 34 402.4 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.01 m Freezing level: 629.41 mb = 3986.19 m = 13077.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.81 mb = 3724.76 m = 12220.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.36 mb = 730.86 m = 2397.81 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.72 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1248.06 m = 4094.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.62 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1084.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.88 mb = 1074.21 m = 3524.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.88 mb = 1612.69 m = 5290.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.88 mb = 2898.92 m = 9510.78 ft B at Equ Level: 12.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.88 mb = 13954.17 m = 45780.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 15.55 Bulk Shear: 69.71 m/s