MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.58,-92.44 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 998 60 27.6 16.0 49 11.6 19.8 230 7 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.9 11.56 2 950 496 25.5 14.7 51 10.8 18.3 221 21 303.1 305.1 293.3 336.2 11.14 3 900 968 21.7 13.3 59 8.4 16.2 218 27 303.9 305.9 293.3 335.7 10.70 4 850 1461 17.6 11.9 69 5.7 14.0 214 31 304.6 306.5 293.2 335.6 10.36 5 800 1977 13.3 10.7 84 2.6 11.6 211 35 305.3 307.2 293.3 335.7 10.15 6 750 2517 9.6 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 216 39 307.0 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.80 7 700 3088 6.5 5.4 93 1.1 5.8 228 42 309.6 311.2 292.9 334.3 8.04 8 650 3693 3.6 0.4 79 3.2 1.9 229 44 313.0 314.2 292.3 332.0 6.06 9 600 4340 0.1 -3.4 78 3.5 -1.6 230 46 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.1 4.98 10 550 5032 -4.3 -7.3 80 3.0 -5.6 230 45 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.1 4.03 11 500 5777 -9.0 -11.6 81 2.6 -10.1 227 47 322.0 322.7 292.4 332.5 3.14 12 450 6585 -14.2 -15.4 91 1.2 -14.6 229 51 325.4 325.9 292.8 334.1 2.56 13 400 7468 -20.0 -20.4 97 0.3 -20.1 236 54 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.6 1.90 14 350 8446 -26.3 -26.3 100 0.0 -26.3 244 56 333.3 333.6 293.8 337.9 1.27 15 300 9544 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.2 254 60 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.5 0.78 16 250 10800 -42.8 -43.0 97 0.2 -42.8 257 52 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.8 0.34 17 200 12270 -53.3 -63.6 28 10.3 -53.5 263 58 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14076 -63.3 -76.5 15 13.2 -63.4 259 57 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16515 -70.7 -83.3 14 12.6 -70.8 248 31 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.61 m Freezing level: 598.98 mb = 4353.81 m = 14284.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.05 mb = 4035.30 m = 13239.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.12 mb = 1530.50 m = 5021.25 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.64 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.56 mb = 2225.60 m = 7301.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.88 mb = 1830.52 m = 6005.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.88 mb = 4904.40 m = 16090.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.88 mb = 7488.94 m = 24569.71 ft B at Equ Level: 42.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.88 mb = 8676.14 m = 28464.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 70.27 m/s