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: 35.50,-93.19 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 977 264 26.8 17.9 58 8.9 20.6 203 10 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.4 13.33 2 950 505 23.9 16.4 63 7.5 18.8 204 21 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.0 12.43 3 900 975 19.4 15.4 78 4.0 16.7 204 25 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.34 4 850 1464 15.1 14.4 96 0.7 14.7 205 26 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.0 12.22 5 800 1976 12.0 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 215 31 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.4 10.91 6 750 2516 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 9.0 216 32 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.3 9.60 7 700 3084 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.8 211 31 308.2 309.7 292.1 331.5 7.62 8 650 3687 2.2 -0.5 83 2.7 0.8 208 35 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.2 5.69 9 600 4330 -1.4 -4.5 80 3.0 -2.9 210 41 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.1 4.58 10 550 5018 -5.7 -9.3 75 3.7 -7.2 212 48 317.4 318.0 291.3 328.5 3.43 11 500 5759 -10.6 -14.8 71 4.2 -12.1 216 51 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.3 2.43 12 450 6564 -14.2 -25.0 40 10.7 -17.1 222 50 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.12 13 400 7447 -20.1 -29.1 45 9.0 -22.1 231 58 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.9 0.86 14 350 8422 -27.4 -29.1 86 1.6 -27.8 239 62 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.4 0.99 15 300 9511 -36.3 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.3 243 60 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.57 16 250 10749 -45.8 -46.1 97 0.2 -45.9 243 73 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12201 -53.7 -64.8 24 11.2 -53.9 249 81 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14020 -61.0 -78.4 8 17.4 -61.2 249 76 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16478 -69.0 -83.6 10 14.7 -69.1 252 38 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.22 m Freezing level: 619.63 mb = 4077.48 m = 13377.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.24 mb = 3821.09 m = 12536.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.15 mb = 1392.51 m = 4568.55 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 9.79 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1548.10 m = 5079.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 39.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.51 mb = 1459.14 m = 4787.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.51 mb = 1711.15 m = 5613.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.51 mb = 10600.76 m = 34778.97 ft B at Equ Level: 545.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.51 mb = 13026.96 m = 42738.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.7 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 241.7 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.1 neg: -8.9 tot: 92.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 13.86 Bulk Shear: 39.45 m/s