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: 35.61,-93.91 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 970 263 23.6 18.8 74 4.8 20.3 183 15 299.4 302.0 294.6 340.9 14.21 2 950 439 22.3 17.7 75 4.6 19.2 189 28 299.9 302.3 294.2 339.5 13.56 3 900 907 18.2 16.3 89 1.9 16.9 196 40 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.5 13.04 4 850 1395 15.0 14.0 93 1.0 14.4 210 48 301.9 304.1 293.6 337.1 11.90 5 800 1908 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.7 227 54 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.7 9.23 6 750 2448 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 6.9 236 55 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.1 7.49 7 700 3016 4.9 0.8 75 4.1 2.8 238 57 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.8 5.82 8 650 3616 1.4 -6.3 57 7.7 -2.1 235 62 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.2 3.68 9 600 4257 -1.5 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.2 232 70 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.4 2.14 10 550 4945 -5.9 -19.6 33 13.7 -10.3 233 75 317.1 317.4 289.4 322.1 1.47 11 500 5684 -10.2 -33.4 13 23.2 -15.2 237 79 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.3 0.46 12 450 6487 -16.2 -34.0 20 17.8 -19.6 242 85 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.48 13 400 7360 -23.6 -34.0 38 10.4 -25.4 244 89 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.54 14 350 8320 -31.3 -42.6 32 11.3 -32.5 246 88 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.26 15 300 9393 -39.5 -47.9 40 8.4 -40.1 255 97 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 16 250 10616 -47.7 -51.9 61 4.3 -47.9 261 109 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12070 -51.5 -69.9 9 18.4 -51.9 255 87 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 13910 -59.2 -78.9 6 19.7 -59.5 282 75 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.8 -83.8 5 19.9 -64.0 319 6 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.49 m Freezing level: 626.07 mb = 3923.11 m = 12870.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.48 mb = 3352.71 m = 10999.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.23 mb = 875.79 m = 2873.30 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.53 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1274.05 m = 4179.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.60 mb = 1112.28 m = 3649.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.60 mb = 2081.18 m = 6827.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.60 mb = 11058.16 m = 36279.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1188.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.60 mb = 13757.95 m = 45137.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 60.5 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 45.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 627.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 627.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.45 Bulk Rich Number: 4.92 Bulk Shear: 244.26 m/s