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: 36.84,-93.83 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 962 392 23.3 17.2 69 6.1 19.1 204 14 299.8 302.1 293.7 337.6 12.95 2 950 497 21.7 16.7 73 5.1 18.3 206 21 299.2 301.5 293.3 336.1 12.65 3 900 963 18.2 15.6 85 2.6 16.5 216 31 300.3 302.6 293.6 336.9 12.51 4 850 1455 17.8 11.2 65 6.6 13.6 230 34 304.8 306.7 292.9 334.4 9.87 5 800 1971 14.5 9.5 72 5.0 11.4 230 29 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.9 9.35 6 750 2514 10.8 7.3 79 3.6 8.7 231 25 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.4 8.57 7 700 3086 6.9 3.4 78 3.5 4.9 231 26 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.8 7.01 8 650 3691 2.1 0.1 87 1.9 1.1 230 28 311.3 312.4 291.7 329.8 5.96 9 600 4332 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 229 30 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.92 10 550 5017 -7.1 -8.7 88 1.6 -7.8 226 33 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.2 3.60 11 500 5754 -11.6 -12.8 90 1.3 -12.1 224 38 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.85 12 450 6554 -17.0 -17.4 97 0.3 -17.1 223 45 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.18 13 400 7427 -22.7 -26.8 70 4.0 -23.6 229 55 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.3 1.07 14 350 8394 -29.3 -39.3 37 10.0 -30.6 231 62 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.36 15 300 9476 -37.6 -43.4 55 5.8 -38.1 234 74 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.5 0.27 16 250 10706 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.8 237 83 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.8 0.20 17 200 12151 -53.0 -68.1 14 15.1 -53.3 243 96 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 13983 -59.4 -79.8 5 20.4 -59.6 250 73 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16461 -68.1 -83.8 9 15.6 -68.2 256 36 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.91 m Freezing level: 628.81 mb = 3962.76 m = 13001.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.27 mb = 3849.57 m = 12629.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.94 mb = 1157.16 m = 3796.42 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2195.93 m = 7204.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 677.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.04 mb = 1383.81 m = 4540.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.04 mb = 3298.49 m = 10821.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.04 mb = 10915.91 m = 35812.91 ft B at Equ Level: 667.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.04 mb = 13110.49 m = 43012.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.8 neg: -22.2 tot: 107.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 46.44 Bulk Shear: 14.59 m/s