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: 36.19,-93.57 Latitude: 36.19 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 952 471 22.9 18.3 75 4.6 19.8 198 13 300.2 302.8 294.7 341.5 14.07 2 950 491 22.6 17.8 74 4.8 19.3 201 18 300.2 302.7 294.3 340.1 13.63 3 900 959 18.1 16.2 89 1.9 16.8 202 31 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.1 12.95 4 850 1447 14.9 14.1 95 0.9 14.4 214 38 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.1 11.96 5 800 1959 12.7 11.2 91 1.5 11.7 220 43 304.6 306.6 293.3 336.0 10.49 6 750 2500 9.3 8.7 96 0.7 8.9 211 40 306.7 308.4 293.1 335.2 9.43 7 700 3069 5.6 4.7 94 0.9 5.1 202 38 308.7 310.2 292.3 332.3 7.70 8 650 3673 2.1 -0.5 82 2.7 0.7 198 38 311.4 312.4 291.5 329.0 5.66 9 600 4315 -1.8 -4.7 81 2.9 -3.2 201 44 314.0 314.8 291.2 328.2 4.49 10 550 5002 -6.2 -8.3 85 2.1 -7.1 208 51 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.7 3.71 11 500 5741 -10.7 -13.0 84 2.2 -11.6 217 56 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.81 12 450 6545 -15.2 -17.1 85 1.9 -15.8 225 56 324.1 324.6 292.2 331.7 2.23 13 400 7425 -20.9 -21.2 98 0.2 -21.0 232 59 327.8 328.1 292.7 333.9 1.77 14 350 8399 -27.7 -28.0 98 0.2 -27.8 240 60 331.3 331.6 293.2 335.3 1.09 15 300 9487 -36.6 -36.9 97 0.3 -36.6 243 63 333.8 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.54 16 250 10722 -46.2 -46.5 97 0.3 -46.2 240 73 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.23 17 200 12173 -54.3 -61.6 41 7.2 -54.5 250 82 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 13984 -60.8 -78.3 8 17.5 -60.9 247 76 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16465 -67.5 -83.8 8 16.3 -67.7 253 37 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.27 m Freezing level: 623.22 mb = 4016.61 m = 13177.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3787.16 m = 12424.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.36 mb = 1050.55 m = 3446.65 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1382.04 m = 4534.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 38.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 654.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.44 mb = 1253.52 m = 4112.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.44 mb = 2123.85 m = 6967.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.44 mb = 10868.61 m = 35657.73 ft B at Equ Level: 648.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.44 mb = 13405.45 m = 43980.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.1 neg: -65.1 tot: 105.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 13.06 Bulk Shear: 50.08 m/s