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: 35.53,-93.74 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 974 228 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 182 14 298.8 301.4 294.4 340.5 14.29 2 950 446 21.9 17.8 78 4.1 19.1 189 29 299.5 301.9 294.1 339.3 13.66 3 900 914 17.8 16.5 92 1.3 17.0 197 38 299.9 302.3 294.0 338.7 13.27 4 850 1401 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 212 48 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.5 12.13 5 800 1914 12.9 9.7 81 3.2 10.9 229 54 304.9 306.6 292.6 333.2 9.47 6 750 2454 8.8 6.2 84 2.6 7.2 235 54 306.1 307.6 291.7 330.1 7.94 7 700 3021 5.1 1.0 75 4.1 2.9 236 56 308.1 309.2 290.6 326.2 5.87 8 650 3623 1.7 -6.2 55 8.0 -1.9 232 61 310.9 311.6 289.6 322.6 3.70 9 600 4264 -1.8 -13.8 39 12.1 -6.4 232 68 314.0 314.5 289.1 321.2 2.18 10 550 4951 -5.9 -17.7 39 11.8 -9.9 233 74 317.0 317.4 289.6 322.8 1.72 11 500 5690 -10.2 -32.5 14 22.2 -15.1 237 78 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.50 12 450 6493 -16.1 -35.1 18 19.1 -19.6 242 83 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.6 0.43 13 400 7367 -23.4 -33.3 40 9.9 -25.1 244 89 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.7 0.58 14 350 8328 -31.0 -42.5 31 11.6 -32.2 245 87 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.26 15 300 9402 -39.4 -47.5 42 8.1 -39.9 254 95 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 16 250 10625 -47.9 -50.9 71 3.0 -48.1 261 108 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12076 -52.2 -68.9 12 16.7 -52.6 256 87 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13912 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.7 284 76 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.9 -83.8 5 19.8 -64.1 318 7 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.39 m Freezing level: 625.37 mb = 3938.71 m = 12922.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.54 mb = 3382.40 m = 11096.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.08 mb = 798.41 m = 2619.43 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1169.28 m = 3836.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1211.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.01 mb = 1028.09 m = 3372.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.01 mb = 2093.74 m = 6869.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.01 mb = 11082.33 m = 36358.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1201.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.01 mb = 13785.49 m = 45227.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 59.2 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 596.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 596.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 198.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.32 Bulk Rich Number: 5.14 Bulk Shear: 235.62 m/s