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,-93.9 Latitude: 35.73 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 -8 SFC 962 329 22.8 18.5 77 4.3 19.8 183 15 299.3 301.8 294.4 340.3 14.08 2 950 435 22.1 17.8 77 4.3 19.1 188 24 299.6 302.1 294.1 339.4 13.62 3 900 903 18.0 16.1 89 1.9 16.8 194 40 300.1 302.5 293.8 338.0 12.93 4 850 1391 15.1 13.8 92 1.2 14.3 208 49 301.9 304.1 293.5 336.7 11.76 5 800 1904 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.8 225 54 304.8 306.6 292.5 332.9 9.37 6 750 2443 9.0 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 234 56 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.6 7.67 7 700 3011 4.8 1.3 78 3.5 2.9 238 59 307.9 309.0 290.7 326.4 6.03 8 650 3612 1.1 -5.2 63 6.3 -1.8 236 63 310.2 311.0 289.6 322.8 4.00 9 600 4252 -1.6 -14.2 37 12.6 -6.3 232 71 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.3 2.12 10 550 4940 -5.6 -20.8 29 15.2 -10.4 233 76 317.4 317.7 289.3 321.9 1.32 11 500 5680 -10.1 -32.1 15 22.0 -15.0 236 79 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.6 0.52 12 450 6482 -16.4 -33.2 22 16.8 -19.7 242 85 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.5 0.52 13 400 7355 -23.7 -34.7 36 11.0 -25.5 244 89 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.50 14 350 8315 -31.4 -42.4 33 11.0 -32.6 246 88 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.26 15 300 9387 -39.6 -48.3 39 8.7 -40.2 254 97 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 16 250 10611 -47.6 -53.1 53 5.5 -47.8 261 109 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 17 200 12065 -51.6 -70.0 9 18.4 -52.0 255 86 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 13905 -59.1 -78.8 6 19.8 -59.3 280 72 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.7 -83.8 5 20.1 -63.8 320 6 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.38 m Freezing level: 628.97 mb = 3881.07 m = 12733.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.93 mb = 3378.93 m = 11085.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.41 mb = 869.90 m = 2853.96 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1314.40 m = 4312.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1120.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.11 mb = 1132.30 m = 3714.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.11 mb = 2103.30 m = 6900.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.11 mb = 10846.74 m = 35585.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1118.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.11 mb = 13857.89 m = 45464.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 62.0 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 46.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 654.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 654.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.41 Bulk Shear: 253.91 m/s