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: 35.73,-92.4 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -92.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 972 260 21.7 18.8 84 2.9 19.7 189 15 297.2 299.8 293.9 338.3 14.21 2 950 461 20.4 18.1 86 2.3 18.8 192 32 297.9 300.4 293.9 338.2 13.87 3 900 926 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 197 43 298.8 301.3 293.8 337.9 13.40 4 850 1413 14.3 14.2 100 0.0 14.3 208 52 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.7 12.10 5 800 1924 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 219 57 304.5 306.6 294.0 338.5 11.39 6 750 2464 9.3 7.7 90 1.6 8.4 227 54 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.5 8.86 7 700 3036 8.1 1.1 61 7.0 4.3 222 55 311.5 312.6 291.7 329.9 5.92 8 650 3644 3.6 -1.9 67 5.5 0.8 220 58 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.2 5.14 9 600 4287 -1.9 -6.1 73 4.2 -3.8 222 59 313.9 314.7 290.8 326.8 4.05 10 550 4973 -6.7 -15.5 50 8.8 -9.8 228 62 316.2 316.6 289.7 323.1 2.08 11 500 5711 -11.2 -19.0 53 7.8 -13.6 237 69 319.4 319.7 290.3 325.1 1.70 12 450 6511 -16.6 -30.1 30 13.4 -19.5 243 71 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.8 0.70 13 400 7384 -23.0 -29.8 54 6.7 -24.4 246 78 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.9 0.81 14 350 8348 -30.3 -35.2 62 5.0 -31.0 245 84 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.9 0.54 15 300 9424 -39.3 -43.5 64 4.2 -39.7 249 86 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 16 250 10645 -49.0 -50.1 88 1.1 -49.0 261 99 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.16 17 200 12083 -55.2 -64.2 32 9.0 -55.4 258 83 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13908 -59.9 -77.9 8 18.0 -60.1 271 60 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16423 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.3 -64.5 308 16 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.73 m Freezing level: 617.37 mb = 4063.71 m = 13332.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.45 mb = 3750.16 m = 12303.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.16 mb = 623.68 m = 2046.18 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.47 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.37 mb = 912.83 m = 2994.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.88 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1009.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.41 mb = 874.36 m = 2868.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.41 mb = 1017.15 m = 3337.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.41 mb = 1815.14 m = 5955.11 ft B at Equ Level: 12.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.41 mb = 13891.14 m = 45574.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 540.0 neg: -14.8 tot: 525.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.36 Bulk Rich Number: 6.84 Bulk Shear: 147.50 m/s