MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.46,-91.84 Latitude: 33.46 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 53 30.4 14.1 37 16.3 19.6 188 10 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.4 10.13 1 1000 86 28.6 13.6 40 15.0 18.8 189 13 301.7 303.6 292.0 330.9 9.86 2 950 537 23.6 12.5 50 11.1 16.5 190 18 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.5 9.62 3 900 1006 19.2 11.4 61 7.8 14.3 192 18 301.3 303.0 291.5 329.1 9.41 4 850 1494 14.7 10.2 74 4.5 11.9 194 18 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.8 9.20 5 800 2005 13.7 4.3 53 9.4 8.3 206 20 305.8 307.0 290.5 325.5 6.51 6 750 2547 10.8 4.2 64 6.6 7.0 209 22 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.4 6.90 7 700 3120 8.6 -4.0 41 12.6 2.4 211 23 312.0 312.8 290.2 324.8 4.05 8 650 3729 5.0 -7.3 40 12.3 -0.7 210 23 314.6 315.3 290.5 325.5 3.40 9 600 4376 0.2 -7.6 56 7.8 -3.3 209 22 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.0 3.60 10 550 5068 -4.3 -12.5 53 8.2 -7.5 215 22 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.8 2.65 11 500 5811 -9.5 -17.7 51 8.2 -12.3 226 29 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.8 1.90 12 450 6617 -14.1 -33.4 18 19.4 -18.1 230 35 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.51 13 400 7503 -19.0 -39.2 15 20.3 -22.3 237 40 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.5 0.32 14 350 8482 -26.6 -44.7 17 18.1 -28.7 240 45 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.20 15 300 9574 -35.6 -49.5 23 13.9 -36.7 245 53 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.14 16 250 10814 -45.7 -55.1 34 9.4 -46.1 245 56 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.09 17 200 12281 -51.5 -70.0 9 18.5 -51.9 262 67 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14094 -63.6 -77.6 13 14.0 -63.7 241 56 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16518 -73.7 -82.8 23 9.1 -73.7 254 37 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.61 m Freezing level: 597.84 mb = 4405.69 m = 14454.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.84 mb = 3592.68 m = 11786.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.24 mb = 2087.09 m = 6847.31 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.82 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.11 mb = 3272.35 m = 10735.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.84 C = 103.71 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.29 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 21.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5582.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.71 mb = 1955.76 m = 6416.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 10.18 m/s