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: 36.14,-93.11 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 SFC 957 378 21.0 17.9 83 3.1 18.9 192 13 297.8 300.3 293.6 337.2 13.59 2 950 441 20.9 17.5 81 3.4 18.6 196 23 298.4 300.9 293.6 337.3 13.36 3 900 907 17.4 16.0 92 1.4 16.4 200 41 299.4 301.7 293.5 336.7 12.78 4 850 1394 14.4 13.6 95 0.8 13.9 210 53 301.2 303.4 293.2 335.5 11.63 5 800 1905 11.3 10.1 92 1.3 10.6 221 57 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.73 6 750 2443 9.3 3.1 65 6.2 5.9 225 56 306.7 307.9 290.6 326.2 6.40 7 700 3012 6.2 -3.7 49 9.8 1.4 226 58 309.3 310.1 289.5 322.3 4.17 8 650 3615 2.3 -6.0 54 8.3 -1.6 224 65 311.5 312.2 289.8 323.4 3.75 9 600 4257 -2.0 -11.2 49 9.2 -5.7 226 70 313.8 314.3 289.5 322.6 2.71 10 550 4943 -6.1 -15.6 47 9.5 -9.5 231 74 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.7 2.06 11 500 5682 -10.6 -24.2 32 13.6 -14.3 235 76 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.8 1.08 12 450 6484 -16.4 -29.2 32 12.8 -19.3 241 80 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.3 0.76 13 400 7357 -23.7 -31.2 50 7.5 -25.1 242 86 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.7 0.71 14 350 8317 -31.4 -38.3 51 6.9 -32.3 241 86 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.40 15 300 9388 -40.0 -45.4 56 5.4 -40.4 248 90 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.22 16 250 10609 -48.0 -53.2 55 5.1 -48.2 257 103 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12057 -53.0 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.3 254 81 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 13893 -58.9 -78.4 6 19.5 -59.1 269 62 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16422 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.4 331 12 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.61 m Freezing level: 623.46 mb = 3955.87 m = 12978.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3288.25 m = 10788.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.66 mb = 768.06 m = 2519.86 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.94 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1241.09 m = 4071.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.75 C = 74.74 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.08 mb = 1088.38 m = 3570.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.08 mb = 1533.52 m = 5031.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.08 mb = 10980.80 m = 36025.82 ft B at Equ Level: 870.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.08 mb = 13243.08 m = 43447.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 62.0 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 46.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 577.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 577.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.56 Bulk Shear: 194.79 m/s