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: 35.39,-93.82 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 982 215 25.6 19.1 67 6.5 21.1 205 10 300.4 303.0 294.9 342.4 14.33 2 950 503 23.1 17.1 69 6.0 19.0 207 22 300.6 303.0 294.0 338.9 13.04 3 900 972 18.9 15.9 83 2.9 16.9 210 26 300.9 303.3 293.9 338.4 12.75 4 850 1461 15.0 14.4 96 0.6 14.7 216 29 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.1 12.26 5 800 1973 12.4 11.6 95 0.8 11.9 224 35 304.4 306.4 293.5 336.6 10.81 6 750 2513 9.2 9.0 98 0.3 9.0 218 35 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.6 9.63 7 700 3082 5.4 4.7 95 0.7 4.9 212 34 308.4 309.9 292.2 331.8 7.65 8 650 3685 2.4 -1.7 74 4.1 0.3 208 37 311.7 312.7 291.2 328.0 5.22 9 600 4328 -1.5 -4.8 78 3.3 -3.0 209 42 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.7 4.47 10 550 5016 -6.0 -7.9 86 2.0 -6.8 210 48 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.4 3.83 11 500 5756 -10.9 -13.5 81 2.6 -11.8 215 51 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.7 2.71 12 450 6558 -15.4 -19.8 69 4.4 -16.7 219 53 323.9 324.2 291.7 329.9 1.77 13 400 7439 -20.4 -21.9 87 1.5 -20.8 231 61 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.2 1.65 14 350 8414 -27.4 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.4 240 61 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.15 15 300 9503 -36.4 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.4 239 63 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10742 -45.3 -46.6 87 1.3 -45.4 237 77 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.23 17 200 12197 -53.3 -66.7 18 13.4 -53.6 248 81 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14019 -60.7 -78.1 8 17.4 -60.9 252 75 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16479 -70.2 -83.6 12 13.4 -70.2 250 39 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.26 m Freezing level: 618.85 mb = 4085.53 m = 13403.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.92 mb = 3747.95 m = 12296.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.72 mb = 1041.39 m = 3416.60 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1390.27 m = 4561.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 39.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 712.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.77 mb = 1264.13 m = 4147.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.77 mb = 1613.53 m = 5293.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.77 mb = 10613.32 m = 34820.19 ft B at Equ Level: 711.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.77 mb = 13424.12 m = 44041.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.4 neg: -21.3 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 15.34 Bulk Shear: 46.46 m/s