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: 35.66,-93.9 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 SFC 966 291 23.3 18.7 75 4.6 20.1 183 15 299.3 301.9 294.5 340.6 14.16 2 950 437 22.2 17.8 76 4.4 19.2 189 26 299.7 302.2 294.2 339.4 13.59 3 900 905 18.1 16.2 89 1.9 16.8 195 40 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.3 13.00 4 850 1393 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 209 49 301.9 304.1 293.6 336.9 11.85 5 800 1906 12.9 9.4 79 3.5 10.7 227 54 304.9 306.7 292.5 332.8 9.30 6 750 2446 9.0 5.5 79 3.5 7.0 235 55 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.3 7.58 7 700 3014 4.9 1.1 76 3.8 2.8 238 58 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.1 5.91 8 650 3614 1.3 -5.8 59 7.1 -2.0 235 63 310.4 311.2 289.5 322.5 3.82 9 600 4255 -1.5 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.3 232 70 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.3 2.13 10 550 4943 -5.8 -20.0 31 14.3 -10.3 233 75 317.2 317.5 289.4 322.0 1.42 11 500 5683 -10.1 -32.8 14 22.6 -15.1 237 79 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.49 12 450 6485 -16.3 -33.6 21 17.4 -19.7 242 85 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.50 13 400 7358 -23.6 -34.3 37 10.6 -25.4 244 89 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 14 350 8318 -31.3 -42.5 32 11.2 -32.5 246 88 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.26 15 300 9391 -39.6 -48.1 40 8.5 -40.1 254 97 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.16 16 250 10614 -47.6 -52.4 58 4.8 -47.9 261 109 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.7 0.12 17 200 12068 -51.6 -69.9 9 18.4 -52.0 255 87 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 13908 -59.2 -78.9 6 19.7 -59.4 282 73 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 319 6 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.53 m Freezing level: 627.22 mb = 3906.50 m = 12816.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.53 mb = 3362.43 m = 11031.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.61 mb = 870.51 m = 2855.97 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 19.32 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.74 mb = 1285.96 m = 4218.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1166.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.93 mb = 1117.11 m = 3665.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.93 mb = 2086.50 m = 6845.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.93 mb = 11074.63 m = 36333.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.93 mb = 13783.71 m = 45221.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 61.1 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 45.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 638.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 638.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.70 Bulk Shear: 248.32 m/s