MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.11,-93.11 Latitude: 34.11 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 93 SFC 998 109 24.8 18.0 66 6.8 20.2 192 8 298.1 300.5 293.4 336.2 13.12 2 950 539 19.7 16.7 83 3.0 17.7 200 17 297.2 299.5 292.8 334.0 12.71 3 900 1004 18.7 12.1 65 6.6 14.5 211 25 300.8 302.6 291.7 330.0 9.90 4 850 1493 16.3 11.2 72 5.1 13.1 211 22 303.2 305.1 292.4 332.7 9.89 5 800 2007 12.7 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 210 19 304.6 306.6 293.2 335.5 10.31 6 750 2546 9.5 7.7 89 1.8 8.4 209 16 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.6 8.82 7 700 3118 7.7 2.5 70 5.2 4.8 211 19 311.0 312.2 292.1 331.3 6.56 8 650 3726 4.5 -1.2 66 5.7 1.5 214 23 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.0 5.38 9 600 4373 0.1 -5.6 66 5.7 -2.6 216 24 316.3 317.1 291.7 329.8 4.22 10 550 5065 -4.9 -10.5 65 5.6 -7.2 222 25 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.13 11 500 5806 -10.5 -14.3 74 3.8 -11.9 229 30 320.3 320.7 291.3 328.7 2.54 12 450 6611 -14.1 -24.1 43 10.0 -16.8 230 32 325.5 325.8 291.6 329.8 1.21 13 400 7496 -19.8 -28.0 48 8.2 -21.7 237 41 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.96 14 350 8471 -27.5 -33.2 58 5.7 -28.5 239 46 331.6 331.8 292.8 334.1 0.67 15 300 9560 -35.9 -46.4 33 10.5 -36.8 246 55 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.20 16 250 10799 -45.9 -48.1 79 2.1 -46.1 240 56 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.20 17 200 12260 -51.7 -69.6 10 17.9 -52.1 254 74 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14078 -61.6 -78.5 9 16.9 -61.8 251 60 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16509 -72.2 -83.1 18 10.9 -72.2 254 37 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.43 m Freezing level: 598.66 mb = 4391.98 m = 14409.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.64 mb = 3957.84 m = 12984.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.78 mb = 967.65 m = 3174.66 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 7.02 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.35 mb = 1897.77 m = 6226.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.35 mb = 1173.30 m = 3849.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.35 mb = 5245.61 m = 17209.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.35 mb = 6321.88 m = 20740.81 ft B at Equ Level: 26.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.35 mb = 7176.60 m = 23544.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -21.3 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 12.93 m/s