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: 35.94,-93.67 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 951 483 23.5 18.3 72 5.2 19.9 196 13 300.9 303.5 294.8 342.1 14.03 2 950 493 23.0 17.9 73 5.0 19.5 198 16 300.5 303.0 294.5 340.7 13.73 3 900 961 18.2 16.2 88 2.0 16.9 201 31 300.3 302.6 293.9 338.4 13.00 4 850 1449 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 212 38 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.5 12.14 5 800 1962 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 221 43 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.4 10.65 6 750 2502 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 213 40 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.4 9.45 7 700 3072 5.8 4.6 92 1.2 5.1 205 38 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.59 8 650 3676 2.6 -1.5 74 4.1 0.5 204 39 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.5 5.28 9 600 4319 -1.4 -5.6 73 4.2 -3.3 208 45 314.5 315.3 291.1 327.9 4.20 10 550 5007 -5.8 -8.9 79 3.1 -7.1 213 52 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.8 3.56 11 500 5748 -10.4 -13.5 78 3.1 -11.5 218 53 320.4 320.9 291.5 329.4 2.70 12 450 6553 -14.8 -17.8 78 3.0 -15.8 224 51 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.8 2.10 13 400 7434 -20.7 -21.1 97 0.4 -20.8 234 56 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.3 1.78 14 350 8408 -27.7 -27.7 100 -0.0 -27.7 244 53 331.4 331.7 293.2 335.5 1.12 15 300 9495 -37.0 -36.9 100 -0.0 -37.0 243 58 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.54 16 250 10729 -46.4 -46.8 96 0.4 -46.4 236 77 337.1 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.23 17 200 12180 -53.5 -66.9 18 13.4 -53.8 247 87 348.0 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 13998 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.8 249 75 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16468 -67.9 -83.7 9 15.8 -68.0 252 39 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.92 m Freezing level: 617.12 mb = 4098.92 m = 13447.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.59 mb = 3755.63 m = 12321.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.00 mb = 1143.34 m = 3751.07 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1357.42 m = 4453.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.21 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 663.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.92 mb = 1261.21 m = 4137.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.92 mb = 2025.78 m = 6646.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.92 mb = 10889.16 m = 35725.14 ft B at Equ Level: 661.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.92 mb = 13437.02 m = 44084.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.7 neg: -58.2 tot: 135.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 12.17 Bulk Shear: 54.57 m/s