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,-93.74 Latitude: 35.73 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 -3 SFC 960 346 22.2 18.4 79 3.7 19.6 184 15 298.7 301.3 294.2 339.6 14.03 2 950 439 21.6 17.9 79 3.7 19.1 189 24 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.0 13.70 3 900 906 17.8 16.2 91 1.5 16.8 195 39 299.8 302.2 293.8 337.9 13.01 4 850 1394 14.9 14.0 94 0.9 14.3 209 49 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.88 5 800 1907 12.5 9.9 84 2.6 10.9 225 54 304.5 306.2 292.6 333.2 9.61 6 750 2446 8.9 5.8 81 3.0 7.1 233 56 306.2 307.7 291.6 329.7 7.76 7 700 3014 5.1 0.8 74 4.3 2.8 236 58 308.1 309.2 290.5 325.9 5.79 8 650 3615 1.4 -5.6 59 7.1 -1.8 233 63 310.6 311.3 289.6 322.8 3.86 9 600 4256 -1.7 -13.6 40 11.8 -6.2 232 70 314.1 314.5 289.2 321.4 2.23 10 550 4943 -5.7 -19.1 34 13.4 -10.1 233 76 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.5 1.54 11 500 5683 -10.1 -30.5 17 20.3 -14.9 236 79 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.9 0.61 12 450 6485 -16.3 -32.7 23 16.4 -19.6 242 84 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.54 13 400 7358 -23.6 -33.6 39 10.1 -25.3 244 88 324.3 324.5 290.7 326.4 0.56 14 350 8319 -31.2 -41.6 35 10.3 -32.4 245 87 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.28 15 300 9391 -39.6 -47.6 42 8.0 -40.1 253 95 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.17 16 250 10615 -47.8 -52.5 58 4.8 -48.0 260 108 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.12 17 200 12067 -52.0 -69.5 11 17.4 -52.4 255 85 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 13905 -59.2 -78.7 6 19.5 -59.5 280 71 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -63.9 327 7 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.37 m Freezing level: 627.46 mb = 3903.70 m = 12807.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.66 mb = 3373.11 m = 11066.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.23 mb = 818.33 m = 2684.79 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 18.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1254.11 m = 4114.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.20 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1085.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.70 mb = 1091.42 m = 3580.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.70 mb = 2057.29 m = 6749.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.70 mb = 10998.06 m = 36082.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1073.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.70 mb = 13667.10 m = 44839.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 61.6 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 631.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 631.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 210.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.44 Bulk Shear: 244.49 m/s