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: 33.71,-93.98 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 992 115 27.8 20.2 63 7.6 22.3 214 13 301.6 304.4 295.8 346.2 15.14 2 950 500 24.2 18.0 68 6.2 19.9 212 24 301.7 304.3 294.9 342.4 13.79 3 900 971 19.9 16.8 82 3.1 17.8 208 26 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.8 13.47 4 850 1462 16.3 15.2 94 1.0 15.6 206 28 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.5 12.91 5 800 1976 13.2 12.4 95 0.8 12.6 211 31 305.2 307.3 294.1 339.2 11.35 6 750 2517 10.1 9.2 94 0.9 9.5 219 34 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.2 9.77 7 700 3089 6.5 5.2 91 1.4 5.7 220 37 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.0 7.93 8 650 3693 2.2 1.5 95 0.7 1.8 219 40 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.59 9 600 4336 -1.2 -1.8 96 0.5 -1.5 221 45 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.5 5.61 10 550 5026 -5.1 -5.9 94 0.8 -5.5 224 49 318.1 318.9 292.4 332.5 4.49 11 500 5769 -9.6 -10.3 94 0.7 -9.9 228 53 321.4 322.1 292.5 332.9 3.49 12 450 6576 -14.5 -14.9 97 0.4 -14.7 231 57 325.0 325.5 292.8 334.0 2.66 13 400 7458 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 235 60 328.6 329.0 293.1 335.2 1.90 14 350 8433 -27.4 -27.4 100 -0.0 -27.4 236 65 331.8 332.0 293.3 336.0 1.15 15 300 9524 -34.8 -35.0 98 0.2 -34.8 238 76 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.8 0.65 16 250 10778 -42.1 -45.0 74 2.9 -42.3 243 63 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.28 17 200 12249 -52.8 -65.9 19 13.1 -53.1 256 62 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14061 -63.5 -76.2 16 12.7 -63.6 264 58 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16499 -70.7 -83.4 14 12.7 -70.8 263 32 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.68 m Freezing level: 617.84 mb = 4106.92 m = 13473.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.51 mb = 4040.44 m = 13255.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.09 mb = 1085.00 m = 3559.68 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.22 mb = 1429.00 m = 4688.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 39.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.31 mb = 1268.62 m = 4162.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.31 mb = 1721.90 m = 5649.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.31 mb = 10395.19 m = 34104.54 ft B at Equ Level: 985.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.31 mb = 14294.00 m = 46895.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 21.62 Bulk Shear: 45.62 m/s