MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.39,-93.59 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 976 218 23.1 19.0 78 4.0 20.3 183 13 298.3 300.9 294.3 339.9 14.34 2 950 453 21.5 18.0 81 3.5 19.1 190 29 299.0 301.5 294.1 339.2 13.82 3 900 920 17.5 16.8 96 0.7 17.0 198 38 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.9 13.48 4 850 1407 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 215 49 301.8 304.0 293.8 337.9 12.24 5 800 1920 12.7 10.2 85 2.5 11.2 229 53 304.7 306.5 292.8 334.1 9.83 6 750 2459 8.6 7.6 93 1.1 8.0 233 54 305.9 307.6 292.3 332.3 8.74 7 700 3027 5.5 1.7 77 3.7 3.4 232 56 308.5 309.7 291.0 327.6 6.21 8 650 3630 2.3 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.4 230 61 311.5 312.3 289.9 323.8 3.88 9 600 4272 -1.8 -13.8 39 12.0 -6.4 232 67 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.2 2.19 10 550 4959 -5.7 -16.8 41 11.1 -9.5 235 73 317.4 317.7 289.9 323.6 1.87 11 500 5699 -10.2 -30.6 17 20.4 -14.9 239 75 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.8 0.60 12 450 6502 -16.0 -36.2 16 20.2 -19.7 243 79 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.38 13 400 7376 -23.0 -32.8 40 9.8 -24.8 246 87 325.0 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.60 14 350 8340 -30.5 -42.2 31 11.8 -31.7 245 86 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.27 15 300 9415 -39.2 -46.7 45 7.5 -39.7 253 92 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.19 16 250 10638 -48.2 -50.1 81 1.8 -48.3 261 105 334.3 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.16 17 200 12085 -53.3 -68.0 15 14.7 -53.5 257 86 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13917 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.9 -60.0 285 78 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 308 9 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.08 m Freezing level: 622.18 mb = 3987.27 m = 13081.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.43 mb = 3451.66 m = 11324.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.35 mb = 726.79 m = 2384.46 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1067.38 m = 3501.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.97 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1159.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.52 mb = 952.97 m = 3126.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.52 mb = 1392.19 m = 4567.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.52 mb = 1593.45 m = 5227.79 ft B at Equ Level: 5.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.52 mb = 13852.52 m = 45447.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 572.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 572.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.18 Bulk Shear: 223.79 m/s