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: 35.19,-90.52 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 997 63 26.9 13.3 43 13.6 18.1 184 13 300.3 302.1 291.4 328.8 9.69 2 950 490 25.6 12.0 43 13.6 16.8 189 32 303.2 304.9 292.0 330.9 9.30 3 900 962 21.7 10.5 49 11.3 14.7 196 38 303.9 305.6 291.8 330.4 8.86 4 850 1455 17.1 9.3 60 7.9 12.3 197 40 304.1 305.7 291.7 330.0 8.66 5 800 1968 12.3 8.1 76 4.2 9.8 199 41 304.3 305.9 291.7 329.9 8.52 6 750 2508 10.2 6.4 77 3.8 7.9 216 38 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.2 8.07 7 700 3079 7.5 -1.1 54 8.6 3.1 226 40 310.8 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.05 8 650 3686 4.1 -9.2 37 13.3 -1.7 223 41 313.6 314.2 289.7 323.0 2.93 9 600 4332 -0.2 -9.4 50 9.1 -4.1 218 40 315.9 316.5 290.6 326.0 3.13 10 550 5023 -4.2 -14.4 45 10.2 -8.1 215 43 319.1 319.5 290.7 326.6 2.28 11 500 5767 -9.3 -18.3 48 9.0 -12.3 223 48 321.7 322.1 291.1 327.9 1.81 12 450 6574 -14.0 -18.2 71 4.2 -15.4 228 52 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.5 2.02 13 400 7459 -19.9 -20.3 97 0.4 -20.0 235 55 329.1 329.5 293.3 335.8 1.90 14 350 8435 -27.0 -27.1 99 0.1 -27.1 237 56 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.6 1.18 15 300 9527 -35.5 -35.5 100 -0.0 -35.5 245 58 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.62 16 250 10772 -44.5 -44.5 100 0.0 -44.5 254 69 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.29 17 200 12233 -54.1 -59.5 51 5.4 -54.2 257 70 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14040 -63.5 -75.5 18 12.0 -63.6 261 56 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16494 -69.2 -83.6 11 14.4 -69.3 259 33 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.91 m Freezing level: 602.67 mb = 4297.20 m = 14098.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.69 mb = 3466.21 m = 11371.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.01 mb = 1789.84 m = 5872.11 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3116.06 m = 10223.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 27.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5714.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.77 mb = 2160.68 m = 7088.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 57.32 m/s