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: 34.49,-92.17 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 84 30.1 15.9 42 14.2 20.5 193 13 303.6 305.8 293.8 337.9 11.51 2 950 502 25.7 14.4 50 11.3 18.2 196 23 303.3 305.3 293.3 335.8 10.94 3 900 975 21.2 13.5 61 7.7 16.1 198 25 303.4 305.4 293.2 335.6 10.85 4 850 1466 16.6 12.5 76 4.1 13.9 201 26 303.6 305.5 293.2 335.6 10.75 5 800 1980 12.0 11.3 95 0.7 11.6 204 26 304.0 305.9 293.2 335.5 10.58 6 750 2519 10.8 4.2 64 6.6 7.0 224 33 308.3 309.5 291.5 329.4 6.89 7 700 3091 7.9 -4.1 42 12.1 2.1 228 37 311.3 312.0 290.0 324.0 4.02 8 650 3698 4.6 -9.4 36 14.0 -1.5 223 38 314.1 314.7 289.8 323.4 2.88 9 600 4345 -0.2 -6.9 60 6.7 -3.3 218 38 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.1 3.79 10 550 5035 -5.3 -10.4 67 5.1 -7.4 214 38 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.1 3.15 11 500 5776 -10.5 -14.5 73 3.9 -11.9 219 42 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.50 12 450 6580 -14.6 -23.3 48 8.6 -17.0 228 49 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.4 1.30 13 400 7463 -20.2 -25.4 63 5.2 -21.4 233 54 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.1 1.22 14 350 8437 -27.7 -28.6 91 1.0 -27.9 236 61 331.4 331.7 293.1 335.2 1.03 15 300 9527 -35.9 -35.9 100 -0.0 -35.9 240 66 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.60 16 250 10770 -44.3 -44.3 100 -0.0 -44.3 245 73 340.2 340.2 294.7 341.4 0.30 17 200 12233 -53.4 -59.4 48 6.0 -53.6 252 71 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.06 18 150 14047 -62.1 -77.5 11 15.4 -62.3 258 69 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16493 -71.2 -83.2 15 12.0 -71.3 256 35 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.30 m Freezing level: 602.29 mb = 4315.24 m = 14157.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.03 mb = 3437.34 m = 11277.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.63 mb = 1867.81 m = 6127.90 ft T: 13.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2111.05 m = 6925.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 27.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.95 mb = 1916.84 m = 6288.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.95 mb = 4332.19 m = 14213.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.95 mb = 9049.97 m = 29691.14 ft B at Equ Level: 165.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.95 mb = 11289.47 m = 37038.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 37.22 m/s