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,-93.98 Latitude: 35.39 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 -3 SFC 976 212 24.5 18.9 71 5.6 20.6 184 15 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.4 14.23 2 950 443 22.7 17.6 73 5.2 19.2 191 32 300.3 302.7 294.2 339.6 13.44 3 900 911 18.5 16.3 87 2.2 17.0 198 40 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.9 13.07 4 850 1400 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 214 49 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.2 11.84 5 800 1913 13.3 9.0 76 4.2 10.7 230 55 305.3 307.0 292.4 332.6 9.07 6 750 2453 9.1 5.1 76 4.0 6.8 237 55 306.4 307.8 291.4 328.8 7.37 7 700 3021 5.2 0.0 69 5.2 2.5 238 56 308.3 309.3 290.3 325.2 5.49 8 650 3623 2.0 -8.2 47 10.2 -2.4 235 61 311.2 311.8 289.2 321.3 3.17 9 600 4265 -1.3 -14.3 36 13.1 -6.2 234 68 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.6 2.10 10 550 4953 -5.8 -19.1 34 13.3 -10.1 235 73 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.3 1.53 11 500 5693 -10.0 -35.7 10 25.7 -15.2 239 77 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.36 12 450 6496 -16.1 -34.9 18 18.9 -19.6 244 83 323.1 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.44 13 400 7370 -23.3 -33.6 38 10.3 -25.1 245 88 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.56 14 350 8331 -31.1 -42.6 31 11.6 -32.3 247 87 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 15 300 9405 -39.4 -47.0 44 7.6 -39.9 256 95 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.19 16 250 10628 -47.8 -50.5 74 2.7 -48.0 262 109 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.15 17 200 12081 -51.6 -69.5 10 17.9 -52.0 256 87 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 13917 -59.6 -78.9 6 19.3 -59.8 285 79 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 311 6 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.13 m Freezing level: 619.34 mb = 4016.77 m = 13178.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.51 mb = 3322.64 m = 10900.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.76 mb = 923.24 m = 3028.98 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1323.65 m = 4342.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1217.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.29 mb = 1139.56 m = 3738.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.29 mb = 2111.38 m = 6927.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.29 mb = 11134.05 m = 36528.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.29 mb = 13862.53 m = 45480.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 59.4 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 44.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 610.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 610.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 203.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.44 Bulk Rich Number: 5.30 Bulk Shear: 229.53 m/s