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: 35.53,-93.82 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 981 224 26.3 20.1 69 6.2 21.9 206 10 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.1 15.29 2 950 503 23.7 17.3 67 6.4 19.3 209 20 301.2 303.7 294.3 340.1 13.20 3 900 973 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.1 210 24 301.3 303.7 294.1 339.1 12.82 4 850 1463 15.4 14.6 95 0.8 14.8 213 25 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.8 12.39 5 800 1975 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 220 29 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.3 10.56 6 750 2516 9.4 8.1 92 1.3 8.6 218 30 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.2 9.07 7 700 3085 5.9 3.8 87 2.1 4.7 212 29 309.0 310.3 292.0 331.0 7.20 8 650 3689 2.3 -1.5 76 3.8 0.4 210 31 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.1 5.27 9 600 4331 -2.0 -5.4 78 3.3 -3.6 211 37 313.8 314.6 291.0 327.4 4.28 10 550 5017 -6.6 -7.8 91 1.3 -7.1 211 46 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.7 3.86 11 500 5756 -11.1 -12.2 92 1.1 -11.5 212 51 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.3 2.99 12 450 6558 -15.1 -19.8 67 4.8 -16.5 215 52 324.3 324.6 291.8 330.3 1.76 13 400 7440 -20.3 -22.0 86 1.7 -20.7 231 61 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.4 1.65 14 350 8415 -27.3 -27.5 98 0.2 -27.3 239 64 331.9 332.2 293.3 336.0 1.14 15 300 9505 -36.4 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.4 245 68 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.2 0.57 16 250 10742 -45.3 -45.9 94 0.6 -45.3 240 78 338.7 338.7 294.3 339.7 0.25 17 200 12196 -55.3 -59.8 57 4.5 -55.4 244 75 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14013 -60.2 -78.9 7 18.6 -60.4 250 72 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16474 -69.3 -83.8 10 14.5 -69.4 256 42 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.84 m Freezing level: 623.35 mb = 4031.01 m = 13224.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.27 mb = 3747.25 m = 12293.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.21 mb = 1009.30 m = 3311.32 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 18.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1401.78 m = 4598.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 918.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.35 mb = 1299.41 m = 4263.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.35 mb = 1549.08 m = 5082.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.35 mb = 10971.77 m = 35996.20 ft B at Equ Level: 917.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.35 mb = 13956.63 m = 45788.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.1 neg: -9.1 tot: 66.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 25.94 Bulk Shear: 35.42 m/s