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: 35.27,-92.95 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -92.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 980 233 28.3 17.1 51 11.2 20.6 199 11 303.1 305.4 294.4 340.4 12.59 2 950 509 24.3 15.9 59 8.4 18.6 202 22 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.3 12.03 3 900 980 19.8 15.0 74 4.8 16.6 203 24 301.9 304.1 293.6 337.2 11.98 4 850 1469 15.3 14.1 92 1.2 14.5 205 24 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.6 11.97 5 800 1981 11.8 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 212 27 303.8 305.7 293.2 335.4 10.63 6 750 2521 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 215 28 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.8 9.43 7 700 3090 5.5 4.4 93 1.1 4.9 212 28 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.5 7.51 8 650 3693 2.5 0.3 86 2.2 1.4 210 32 311.8 313.0 291.9 330.6 6.05 9 600 4337 -1.0 -4.2 79 3.2 -2.6 212 38 315.0 315.9 291.6 329.8 4.67 10 550 5026 -5.5 -9.6 73 4.0 -7.2 213 44 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.5 3.36 11 500 5766 -10.9 -13.5 82 2.5 -11.9 216 47 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.7 2.71 12 450 6570 -14.5 -26.3 36 11.8 -17.4 221 49 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.6 0.99 13 400 7453 -20.0 -37.4 20 17.5 -22.9 228 56 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.38 14 350 8429 -27.4 -33.1 58 5.8 -28.3 237 64 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.3 0.67 15 300 9518 -36.2 -37.0 92 0.9 -36.2 241 66 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.4 0.53 16 250 10756 -45.9 -45.9 100 -0.0 -45.9 245 71 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.25 17 200 12211 -52.7 -66.4 18 13.7 -53.1 251 83 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14032 -61.6 -78.6 9 17.0 -61.8 248 77 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16484 -69.4 -83.4 11 14.0 -69.5 255 37 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.12 m Freezing level: 614.23 mb = 4153.95 m = 13628.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.58 mb = 3911.82 m = 12833.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.22 mb = 1637.80 m = 5373.28 ft T: 14.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.32 mb = 1687.64 m = 5536.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 39.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.27 mb = 1586.85 m = 5206.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.27 mb = 1842.49 m = 6044.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.27 mb = 10405.07 m = 34136.95 ft B at Equ Level: 431.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.27 mb = 12764.48 m = 41877.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 76.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 15.62 Bulk Shear: 27.82 m/s