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: 36.80,-91.84 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 317 27.0 17.2 55 9.8 20.2 192 14 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.8 12.82 2 950 496 24.1 16.3 62 7.8 18.8 195 24 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.1 12.38 3 900 966 19.5 15.3 77 4.2 16.7 198 28 301.6 303.9 293.7 337.7 12.23 4 850 1455 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.5 205 28 302.4 304.5 293.7 337.5 11.88 5 800 1969 13.3 10.6 84 2.7 11.6 214 30 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.5 10.07 6 750 2510 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 209 26 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.2 9.17 7 700 3079 5.6 3.3 85 2.3 4.3 203 26 308.7 310.0 291.7 329.9 6.93 8 650 3682 2.2 -2.6 70 4.9 -0.2 201 28 311.5 312.4 290.8 326.7 4.86 9 600 4324 -1.9 -5.8 75 3.9 -3.7 206 35 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.2 4.15 10 550 5011 -6.4 -9.0 81 2.6 -7.5 208 42 316.5 317.2 291.1 327.9 3.51 11 500 5750 -10.7 -13.0 83 2.3 -11.6 217 45 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.81 12 450 6553 -15.4 -17.4 84 2.0 -16.1 222 48 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.2 2.16 13 400 7434 -20.8 -21.8 92 1.0 -21.1 229 54 327.9 328.2 292.7 333.7 1.66 14 350 8407 -28.0 -28.1 99 0.1 -28.0 235 58 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.9 1.08 15 300 9494 -36.6 -36.7 99 0.1 -36.6 239 62 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.55 16 250 10728 -47.1 -47.2 100 0.0 -47.1 241 74 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 17 200 12171 -55.5 -61.8 45 6.3 -55.6 250 85 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 13991 -59.7 -79.1 6 19.4 -59.9 247 69 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16460 -68.5 -83.7 9 15.2 -68.6 255 38 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.32 m Freezing level: 622.88 mb = 4030.20 m = 13222.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.75 mb = 3659.98 m = 12007.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.37 mb = 1551.76 m = 5091.02 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 14.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1858.30 m = 6096.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.63 mb = 1508.94 m = 4950.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.63 mb = 2293.40 m = 7524.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.63 mb = 11001.71 m = 36094.41 ft B at Equ Level: 651.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.63 mb = 13597.23 m = 44609.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.9 neg: -19.6 tot: 73.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 35.30 Bulk Shear: 18.52 m/s