MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.38,-93.58 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -93.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 1000 96 24.8 19.2 71 5.7 20.9 190 9 298.0 300.6 294.1 339.0 14.13 2 950 541 19.5 18.0 91 1.5 18.5 197 17 297.0 299.5 293.5 336.9 13.79 3 900 1006 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.5 212 23 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.4 11.14 4 850 1496 16.7 11.4 71 5.3 13.3 215 18 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.4 10.01 5 800 2010 13.3 10.2 81 3.1 11.4 212 14 305.3 307.2 293.0 334.8 9.82 6 750 2551 10.4 6.4 76 4.0 8.0 213 14 307.9 309.4 292.3 332.3 8.04 7 700 3124 8.1 2.0 66 6.0 4.7 214 18 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.1 6.34 8 650 3733 4.9 -2.1 60 7.0 1.3 214 23 314.6 315.5 291.9 330.5 5.05 9 600 4381 0.5 -6.6 59 7.1 -2.8 214 24 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.89 10 550 5073 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -7.2 219 24 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.08 11 500 5815 -10.1 -15.8 63 5.7 -12.1 229 29 320.7 321.2 291.2 328.2 2.24 12 450 6621 -13.6 -33.1 18 19.6 -17.7 234 30 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.52 13 400 7508 -18.9 -40.7 13 21.8 -22.4 240 39 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.27 14 350 8486 -27.1 -40.9 26 13.8 -28.9 243 43 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.31 15 300 9576 -35.6 -49.7 22 14.1 -36.7 248 53 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 16 250 10817 -45.7 -53.3 42 7.6 -46.1 245 50 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.11 17 200 12277 -51.9 -69.7 10 17.8 -52.2 257 65 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14090 -63.3 -77.5 13 14.2 -63.4 244 56 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16517 -73.3 -82.9 22 9.6 -73.3 255 35 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.25 m Freezing level: 595.59 mb = 4442.16 m = 14573.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.04 mb = 3934.27 m = 12907.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.63 mb = 811.20 m = 2661.40 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 6.73 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1729.16 m = 5673.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.06 mb = 967.44 m = 3173.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.06 mb = 4663.51 m = 15300.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.06 mb = 6979.67 m = 22898.91 ft B at Equ Level: 86.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.06 mb = 10841.36 m = 35568.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -16.6 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.88 Bulk Shear: 11.09 m/s