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: 34.91,-93.55 Latitude: 34.91 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 81 SFC 983 230 24.5 18.1 67 6.4 20.1 206 10 299.1 301.6 293.9 338.2 13.40 2 950 527 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.4 209 20 298.2 300.6 293.4 336.3 13.11 3 900 992 17.8 15.7 87 2.1 16.4 216 27 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.59 4 850 1483 17.1 12.8 76 4.3 14.3 222 29 304.0 306.1 293.5 336.8 10.99 5 800 1998 13.8 9.4 75 4.4 11.0 225 23 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.7 9.28 6 750 2540 10.3 5.9 74 4.4 7.8 227 18 307.8 309.3 292.2 331.6 7.81 7 700 3112 7.5 0.3 60 7.2 3.7 215 17 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.2 5.59 8 650 3718 3.7 -3.7 58 7.5 0.1 204 20 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.3 4.46 9 600 4363 -0.7 -7.8 59 7.1 -3.8 211 25 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.8 3.55 10 550 5053 -5.4 -9.0 76 3.6 -7.0 221 31 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.1 3.52 11 500 5793 -11.1 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.6 227 35 319.5 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.94 12 450 6596 -15.2 -20.3 65 5.2 -16.7 230 36 324.2 324.5 291.7 330.0 1.69 13 400 7477 -20.7 -27.0 57 6.4 -22.1 237 43 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.9 1.04 14 350 8450 -28.0 -33.0 62 5.0 -28.8 236 50 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.5 0.68 15 300 9537 -36.4 -43.3 49 6.8 -37.1 242 58 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.28 16 250 10773 -46.6 -47.5 90 1.0 -46.6 243 64 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.21 17 200 12234 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.8 -51.7 254 80 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14051 -61.6 -78.6 9 17.0 -61.8 250 66 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16491 -70.5 -83.5 13 12.9 -70.6 252 40 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.29 m Freezing level: 607.71 mb = 4263.86 m = 13988.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.00 mb = 3730.71 m = 12239.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.97 mb = 1040.55 m = 3413.83 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.35 mb = 1889.10 m = 6197.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 33.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.16 mb = 1125.47 m = 3692.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.16 mb = 3828.68 m = 12561.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.16 mb = 10222.59 m = 33538.29 ft B at Equ Level: 325.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.16 mb = 12196.21 m = 40013.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.8 neg: -20.2 tot: 53.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 38.26 Bulk Shear: 8.54 m/s