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: 35.97,-93.94 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -15 1 950 426 SFC 947 455 21.3 18.0 81 3.4 19.0 184 17 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.4 13.81 3 900 893 17.8 15.9 88 1.9 16.5 192 42 299.9 302.2 293.6 337.1 12.71 4 850 1381 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 205 51 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.8 11.43 5 800 1893 12.7 9.8 83 2.8 10.9 222 55 304.6 306.4 292.6 333.3 9.57 6 750 2433 9.0 6.5 84 2.5 7.5 231 58 306.4 307.9 292.0 330.9 8.11 7 700 3001 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 238 63 307.6 308.8 291.1 327.8 6.62 8 650 3601 0.4 -3.1 77 3.5 -1.3 237 67 309.5 310.3 290.0 324.1 4.69 9 600 4241 -1.6 -14.8 36 13.2 -6.4 232 74 314.3 314.7 289.0 321.0 2.02 10 550 4929 -5.1 -25.1 19 20.0 -10.7 233 78 318.0 318.2 289.1 321.2 0.91 11 500 5670 -10.0 -30.4 17 20.4 -14.7 235 81 320.9 321.0 289.7 323.1 0.61 12 450 6472 -16.7 -32.2 25 15.5 -19.8 242 86 322.2 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.57 13 400 7344 -23.9 -36.8 29 12.9 -25.8 244 88 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.5 0.41 14 350 8303 -31.6 -42.4 34 10.8 -32.7 246 88 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.26 15 300 9374 -39.7 -49.3 35 9.6 -40.3 251 98 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.14 16 250 10599 -47.3 -56.7 33 9.4 -47.6 259 107 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 17 200 12053 -51.6 -70.3 9 18.7 -52.0 254 84 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13895 -58.6 -78.8 6 20.1 -58.9 276 67 369.0 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16425 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.5 318 6 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.83 m Freezing level: 638.99 mb = 3741.60 m = 12275.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.21 mb = 3437.83 m = 11278.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.20 mb = 881.29 m = 2891.33 ft T: 17.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.40 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1482.32 m = 4863.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 977.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.26 mb = 1209.10 m = 3966.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.26 mb = 2188.45 m = 7179.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.26 mb = 10803.84 m = 35445.24 ft B at Equ Level: 966.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.26 mb = 13392.44 m = 43937.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 65.3 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 49.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 744.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 744.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 248.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.46 Bulk Shear: 282.18 m/s