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: 34.62,-92.11 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -92.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 999 83 29.9 14.5 39 15.4 19.6 191 13 303.1 305.1 292.9 334.2 10.45 2 950 525 23.7 13.0 51 10.8 16.8 194 20 301.3 303.1 291.9 330.6 9.93 3 900 994 19.3 12.0 63 7.3 14.7 196 20 301.4 303.2 291.9 330.5 9.86 4 850 1482 14.9 11.0 77 3.9 12.4 198 20 301.8 303.5 291.9 330.6 9.74 5 800 1994 13.0 8.1 72 4.9 10.0 205 22 305.0 306.6 291.9 330.6 8.51 6 750 2535 10.0 5.5 74 4.4 7.4 206 23 307.4 308.8 291.9 330.5 7.60 7 700 3106 7.7 -1.5 52 9.2 2.9 210 25 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.3 4.90 8 650 3714 4.4 -3.1 58 7.5 0.6 213 29 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.8 4.68 9 600 4360 -0.1 -5.8 65 5.7 -2.8 216 32 316.0 316.7 291.5 329.2 4.13 10 550 5051 -5.2 -9.8 70 4.7 -7.1 216 32 318.0 318.6 291.3 328.7 3.30 11 500 5792 -10.7 -14.2 75 3.5 -11.9 223 36 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.5 2.55 12 450 6596 -14.3 -30.8 23 16.6 -17.9 225 39 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.65 13 400 7479 -19.6 -39.1 16 19.5 -22.8 234 46 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.32 14 350 8456 -27.4 -45.8 16 18.4 -29.4 236 54 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.18 15 300 9546 -35.9 -47.6 29 11.7 -36.8 244 65 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.17 16 250 10785 -46.0 -49.4 68 3.4 -46.2 244 65 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12245 -51.4 -69.1 10 17.7 -51.8 251 78 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14065 -62.7 -78.1 11 15.4 -62.9 247 68 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16496 -70.2 -83.3 13 13.1 -70.3 255 38 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.77 m Freezing level: 601.59 mb = 4339.72 m = 14237.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.09 mb = 3825.17 m = 12549.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.83 mb = 2006.60 m = 6583.25 ft T: 12.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.59 mb = 2717.81 m = 8916.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 27.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.24 mb = 1918.22 m = 6293.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 502.24 mb = 5757.05 m = 18887.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 492.24 mb = 5911.13 m = 19393.25 ft B at Equ Level: 8.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 462.24 mb = 6390.84 m = 20967.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 18.22 m/s