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: 35.63,-93.73 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 288 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.7 202 11 300.3 302.9 294.8 342.2 14.32 2 950 500 22.9 17.4 71 5.6 19.1 205 20 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.3 13.25 3 900 968 18.5 16.0 85 2.5 16.8 207 27 300.6 303.0 293.9 338.3 12.84 4 850 1457 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 214 32 301.7 304.0 293.8 337.8 12.24 5 800 1969 12.4 11.7 95 0.7 11.9 223 38 304.3 306.4 293.5 336.7 10.84 6 750 2509 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.0 216 37 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.6 9.59 7 700 3078 5.4 4.7 95 0.7 5.0 209 35 308.5 309.9 292.2 332.0 7.68 8 650 3681 2.4 -1.6 75 4.0 0.4 207 38 311.7 312.7 291.2 328.1 5.24 9 600 4324 -1.5 -5.1 76 3.6 -3.2 209 44 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.2 4.35 10 550 5012 -5.9 -8.3 83 2.4 -7.0 211 50 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.1 3.72 11 500 5752 -10.6 -13.8 77 3.2 -11.8 216 52 320.1 320.6 291.4 328.8 2.63 12 450 6556 -15.0 -19.8 67 4.8 -16.4 221 52 324.4 324.7 291.9 330.5 1.76 13 400 7437 -20.4 -21.6 90 1.2 -20.7 233 59 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.4 1.70 14 350 8412 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 242 58 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.15 15 300 9501 -36.6 -36.6 100 -0.0 -36.6 241 60 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.55 16 250 10737 -45.7 -46.8 89 1.1 -45.7 237 76 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.23 17 200 12191 -53.6 -66.2 20 12.6 -53.9 247 83 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14010 -60.8 -78.1 8 17.3 -60.9 251 75 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16474 -69.2 -83.6 11 14.4 -69.3 251 39 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.08 m Freezing level: 619.47 mb = 4073.58 m = 13364.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.81 mb = 3745.59 m = 12288.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.96 mb = 1025.87 m = 3365.67 ft T: 18.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1351.31 m = 4433.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 39.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.97 mb = 1238.68 m = 4063.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.97 mb = 1486.88 m = 4878.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.97 mb = 10816.80 m = 35487.76 ft B at Equ Level: 690.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.97 mb = 13332.51 m = 43741.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: -34.8 tot: 100.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 12.72 Bulk Shear: 54.59 m/s