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: 36.20,-93.74 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 953 458 22.6 18.5 78 4.1 19.8 204 13 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.4 14.23 2 950 490 22.1 17.9 77 4.2 19.2 206 19 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.6 13.71 3 900 957 17.7 16.1 91 1.6 16.7 208 31 299.7 302.1 293.7 337.6 12.93 4 850 1444 14.5 13.9 96 0.6 14.1 218 39 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.3 11.86 5 800 1956 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 220 44 304.1 306.0 293.1 335.2 10.43 6 750 2496 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.8 209 41 306.6 308.4 292.9 334.6 9.26 7 700 3066 5.7 4.5 92 1.2 5.1 199 39 308.8 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.59 8 650 3669 2.3 -0.6 81 2.9 0.8 198 41 311.6 312.6 291.5 329.2 5.65 9 600 4312 -1.8 -4.5 81 2.8 -3.1 203 47 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.6 4.56 10 550 4999 -6.1 -8.1 86 2.0 -7.0 210 53 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.1 3.78 11 500 5740 -10.6 -12.4 87 1.8 -11.3 218 56 320.1 320.7 291.7 329.9 2.95 12 450 6543 -15.2 -16.6 89 1.4 -15.7 225 56 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.0 2.32 13 400 7424 -20.8 -21.1 98 0.2 -20.9 234 59 327.9 328.3 292.8 334.1 1.78 14 350 8398 -27.7 -28.2 95 0.5 -27.8 243 61 331.4 331.6 293.1 335.2 1.07 15 300 9485 -36.5 -36.8 97 0.3 -36.6 242 62 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.54 16 250 10721 -46.0 -46.5 96 0.4 -46.1 239 69 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.5 0.24 17 200 12173 -54.4 -61.1 43 6.7 -54.6 249 80 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.9 0.05 18 150 13983 -60.8 -78.5 8 17.7 -61.0 248 74 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16464 -67.7 -83.8 8 16.1 -67.8 253 38 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.06 m Freezing level: 621.59 mb = 4034.39 m = 13236.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.90 mb = 3795.00 m = 12450.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.93 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.38 mb = 972.37 m = 3190.15 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1292.91 m = 4241.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.58 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 561.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.57 mb = 1191.62 m = 3909.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.57 mb = 1438.60 m = 4719.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.57 mb = 10440.56 m = 34253.40 ft B at Equ Level: 560.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.57 mb = 13174.22 m = 43221.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.0 neg: -70.0 tot: 79.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 10.86 Bulk Shear: 51.68 m/s