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: 36.61,-92.8 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 977 299 21.5 17.4 77 4.1 18.8 222 10 296.7 299.0 292.8 334.0 12.92 2 950 537 19.6 16.2 81 3.4 17.4 228 22 297.1 299.3 292.4 332.7 12.30 3 900 1001 15.8 14.6 93 1.2 15.1 237 31 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.8 11.71 4 850 1485 12.7 12.2 97 0.5 12.4 249 38 299.4 301.4 291.8 330.4 10.58 5 800 1993 10.4 8.2 86 2.2 9.0 253 38 302.2 303.8 291.0 327.6 8.55 6 750 2528 8.0 -0.8 54 8.8 3.5 257 35 305.2 306.1 288.7 320.0 4.82 7 700 3095 5.4 -10.5 31 15.9 -1.2 259 36 308.5 308.9 287.5 316.3 2.45 8 650 3695 1.4 -9.8 43 11.2 -3.3 256 47 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.4 2.78 9 600 4334 -3.7 -12.4 50 8.8 -7.0 253 51 311.9 312.3 288.6 319.8 2.45 10 550 5014 -9.0 -14.5 65 5.4 -10.9 255 52 313.4 313.8 289.0 320.8 2.27 11 500 5744 -14.1 -29.8 25 15.7 -17.4 258 52 315.8 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.65 12 450 6534 -20.5 -42.0 13 21.6 -23.3 260 47 317.5 317.6 288.2 318.3 0.21 13 400 7393 -27.2 -47.7 13 20.5 -29.1 286 58 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.13 14 350 8340 -34.6 -45.2 33 10.6 -35.5 294 68 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.8 0.19 15 300 9398 -41.9 -56.6 19 14.7 -42.6 269 56 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.06 16 250 10619 -47.9 -60.4 22 12.5 -48.3 281 75 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.04 17 200 12063 -55.4 -68.8 17 13.4 -55.6 295 51 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13865 -61.0 -78.3 9 17.2 -61.2 271 65 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16375 -61.6 -84.1 4 22.5 -61.9 275 32 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.54 m Freezing level: 636.45 mb = 3868.34 m = 12691.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.29 mb = 2951.63 m = 9683.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.22 mb = 819.50 m = 2688.60 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 17.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1167.72 m = 3831.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.78 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 23.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.08 mb = 1056.56 m = 3466.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.08 mb = 1394.72 m = 4575.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.08 mb = 2648.46 m = 8689.06 ft B at Equ Level: 13.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.08 mb = 13115.27 m = 43028.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 228.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 12.10 Bulk Shear: 80.14 m/s