MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.71,-91.73 Latitude: 36.71 Longitude: -91.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 SFC 970 286 25.5 17.3 61 8.2 19.9 190 13 301.2 303.6 294.1 339.2 12.91 2 950 469 24.4 15.6 58 8.8 18.5 191 25 301.9 304.1 293.6 336.9 11.83 3 900 940 20.1 14.3 69 5.8 16.3 192 32 302.2 304.3 293.3 336.0 11.44 4 850 1430 15.7 13.1 84 2.6 14.0 195 36 302.6 304.6 293.2 335.7 11.19 5 800 1943 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.6 204 36 303.9 305.8 293.2 335.4 10.58 6 750 2482 9.1 8.3 95 0.8 8.6 213 37 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.4 9.23 7 700 3051 5.5 4.5 93 1.0 4.9 212 38 308.6 310.0 292.2 331.8 7.59 8 650 3654 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.5 209 42 311.5 312.7 292.0 330.9 6.26 9 600 4298 -1.3 -3.6 85 2.2 -2.4 208 48 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.90 10 550 4986 -5.8 -8.2 83 2.4 -6.8 208 52 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.3 3.75 11 500 5726 -10.5 -13.2 81 2.6 -11.5 212 53 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.4 2.78 12 450 6531 -14.8 -16.7 86 1.9 -15.4 221 55 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.5 2.31 13 400 7414 -19.9 -20.8 93 0.9 -20.2 237 55 329.1 329.5 293.2 335.5 1.82 14 350 8391 -27.2 -28.2 91 1.0 -27.4 244 52 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.0 1.07 15 300 9482 -35.7 -36.3 94 0.6 -35.8 240 58 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.2 0.57 16 250 10724 -45.4 -46.0 94 0.6 -45.4 237 61 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.5 0.25 17 200 12173 -56.0 -56.5 94 0.5 -56.1 246 81 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.09 18 150 13973 -61.5 -77.9 10 16.4 -61.7 264 69 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16454 -68.5 -83.7 9 15.2 -68.6 252 37 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.07 m Freezing level: 618.87 mb = 4054.88 m = 13303.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.09 mb = 3891.69 m = 12767.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.86 mb = 1321.45 m = 4335.41 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1783.16 m = 5850.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.87 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 281.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.01 mb = 1611.02 m = 5285.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.01 mb = 2079.31 m = 6821.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.01 mb = 8871.55 m = 29105.77 ft B at Equ Level: 280.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.01 mb = 12267.20 m = 40246.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 5.46 Bulk Shear: 51.50 m/s