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: 35.48,-93.97 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 976 203 24.6 19.0 71 5.6 20.7 182 15 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.5 14.29 2 950 441 22.8 17.6 73 5.2 19.2 189 32 300.3 302.8 294.2 339.7 13.44 3 900 910 18.5 16.3 87 2.1 17.0 197 40 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.9 13.08 4 850 1398 15.1 14.1 94 1.0 14.4 212 48 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.3 11.97 5 800 1912 13.3 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 230 54 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.4 9.01 6 750 2451 9.1 4.7 74 4.5 6.6 238 54 306.5 307.8 291.2 328.2 7.15 7 700 3019 5.0 0.1 71 4.9 2.5 239 56 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.0 5.52 8 650 3620 1.7 -7.8 49 9.5 -2.5 236 61 310.9 311.5 289.1 321.2 3.26 9 600 4262 -1.4 -14.1 37 12.7 -6.2 233 68 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.15 10 550 4949 -6.1 -18.9 36 12.8 -10.2 234 74 316.9 317.2 289.4 322.1 1.56 11 500 5689 -10.2 -35.4 11 25.2 -15.3 238 78 320.6 320.7 289.3 322.0 0.38 12 450 6491 -16.1 -34.6 19 18.5 -19.6 243 85 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.45 13 400 7365 -23.5 -33.4 40 9.9 -25.2 244 90 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.57 14 350 8325 -31.3 -42.8 31 11.5 -32.4 247 87 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.25 15 300 9398 -39.5 -47.5 42 8.0 -40.1 256 97 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.17 16 250 10621 -47.7 -50.9 69 3.2 -47.9 262 110 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.14 17 200 12075 -51.2 -70.0 9 18.8 -51.7 256 88 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 13915 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 284 78 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.9 -83.8 5 19.8 -64.1 317 6 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.70 m Freezing level: 622.48 mb = 3973.57 m = 13036.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.10 mb = 3313.20 m = 10869.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.68 mb = 912.91 m = 2995.09 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1281.18 m = 4203.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1266.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.01 mb = 1130.89 m = 3710.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.01 mb = 2101.77 m = 6895.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.01 mb = 11107.61 m = 36441.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1252.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.01 mb = 13829.38 m = 45371.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 59.3 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 44.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 611.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 611.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 203.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.62 Bulk Rich Number: 5.43 Bulk Shear: 233.35 m/s