MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.33,-93.85 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 995 92 28.6 19.4 58 9.2 22.1 210 11 302.1 304.8 295.4 344.5 14.37 2 950 505 24.9 17.6 64 7.3 19.9 209 22 302.5 305.0 294.8 342.3 13.47 3 900 977 20.7 16.4 76 4.3 17.8 204 23 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.8 13.14 4 850 1469 16.7 14.8 88 2.0 15.4 202 26 303.7 306.0 294.6 340.9 12.53 5 800 1984 13.3 12.4 94 0.9 12.7 208 30 305.3 307.4 294.1 339.4 11.36 6 750 2525 10.3 9.2 93 1.1 9.6 218 33 307.7 309.6 293.7 337.4 9.78 7 700 3097 6.9 5.0 88 1.9 5.8 223 37 310.1 311.6 292.9 334.2 7.84 8 650 3703 2.6 0.7 87 1.9 1.6 222 39 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.2 6.20 9 600 4346 -1.1 -2.5 90 1.4 -1.8 223 43 314.9 315.9 292.2 331.7 5.30 10 550 5036 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.9 224 46 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.6 4.23 11 500 5779 -9.7 -11.1 90 1.3 -10.3 228 50 321.2 321.8 292.3 332.0 3.28 12 450 6585 -14.4 -15.4 92 1.0 -14.8 231 54 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.7 2.56 13 400 7468 -20.3 -20.4 100 0.1 -20.3 235 59 328.6 328.9 293.1 335.2 1.89 14 350 8443 -27.1 -27.1 100 0.0 -27.1 236 65 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.18 15 300 9536 -34.6 -35.8 89 1.2 -34.8 240 75 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.9 0.60 16 250 10790 -42.0 -46.1 65 4.0 -42.3 245 66 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.5 0.25 17 200 12261 -53.1 -60.6 40 7.5 -53.3 255 64 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14073 -63.5 -77.0 14 13.6 -63.6 263 61 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16506 -71.5 -83.3 16 11.8 -71.5 263 35 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.43 m Freezing level: 614.65 mb = 4157.71 m = 13640.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 3996.65 m = 13112.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.92 mb = 1259.56 m = 4132.38 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.96 mb = 1620.37 m = 5316.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 39.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.00 mb = 1418.31 m = 4653.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.00 mb = 1878.14 m = 6161.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.00 mb = 10520.35 m = 34515.15 ft B at Equ Level: 896.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.00 mb = 14072.72 m = 46169.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 19.18 Bulk Shear: 47.14 m/s