MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-92.50 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 995 112 29.5 15.8 44 13.7 20.2 192 10 303.0 305.2 293.6 336.9 11.40 2 950 520 23.9 14.3 55 9.6 17.5 197 20 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.3 10.81 3 900 989 19.4 13.4 68 6.0 15.5 199 21 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.4 10.80 4 850 1478 14.9 12.5 85 2.5 13.4 201 21 301.8 303.8 292.7 333.6 10.75 5 800 1990 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.3 208 25 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.05 6 750 2529 9.0 8.0 93 1.0 8.5 211 23 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.04 7 700 3099 6.6 3.7 82 2.9 5.0 213 25 309.8 311.2 292.2 331.9 7.17 8 650 3706 3.7 -0.3 75 3.9 1.6 215 31 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.3 5.79 9 600 4352 -0.4 -4.5 74 4.1 -2.4 215 35 315.7 316.5 291.7 330.2 4.56 10 550 5042 -5.3 -9.6 71 4.3 -7.1 214 37 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.7 3.35 11 500 5782 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.7 218 40 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.83 12 450 6585 -14.4 -28.8 28 14.4 -17.8 222 44 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.79 13 400 7469 -19.6 -41.5 12 21.9 -22.9 228 52 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.5 0.25 14 350 8445 -27.2 -44.0 19 16.9 -29.2 236 61 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.22 15 300 9536 -35.7 -44.3 41 8.6 -36.5 241 68 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.25 16 250 10775 -46.1 -48.1 80 2.0 -46.2 245 69 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.20 17 200 12236 -51.3 -70.2 9 18.9 -51.7 251 84 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14058 -62.4 -78.2 10 15.8 -62.5 251 74 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16495 -70.2 -83.3 13 13.1 -70.3 254 38 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.22 m Freezing level: 604.77 mb = 4289.88 m = 14074.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.90 mb = 3959.07 m = 12988.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.40 mb = 1829.08 m = 6000.84 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 5.77 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2140.27 m = 7021.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.46 mb = 1756.20 m = 5761.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.46 mb = 4793.70 m = 15727.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.46 mb = 6627.85 m = 21744.64 ft B at Equ Level: 60.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.46 mb = 8290.88 m = 27200.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.1 neg: -2.1 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.56 Bulk Shear: 24.39 m/s