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: 36.94,-91.52 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -91.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 968 302 25.0 17.5 63 7.5 19.9 188 12 300.9 303.4 294.2 339.5 13.12 2 950 466 24.7 15.6 57 9.2 18.6 191 25 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.1 11.78 3 900 937 20.6 14.1 66 6.5 16.3 193 34 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.2 11.30 4 850 1428 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.1 194 37 302.8 304.9 293.3 336.0 11.19 5 800 1940 11.9 11.2 96 0.7 11.5 201 36 303.8 305.8 293.1 335.2 10.53 6 750 2479 9.1 8.6 96 0.5 8.8 213 36 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.8 9.38 7 700 3049 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 212 36 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.3 7.84 8 650 3651 1.9 1.1 95 0.8 1.5 211 42 311.1 312.3 292.0 330.9 6.39 9 600 4295 -1.0 -3.9 81 2.9 -2.4 210 48 314.9 315.9 291.7 330.2 4.79 10 550 4984 -5.5 -8.8 78 3.3 -6.9 211 54 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.2 3.58 11 500 5725 -10.3 -14.6 70 4.4 -11.8 216 55 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.7 2.46 12 450 6530 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.5 226 55 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.3 2.21 13 400 7414 -19.8 -21.2 89 1.3 -20.2 244 65 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.4 1.77 14 350 8391 -27.0 -29.3 81 2.3 -27.5 247 54 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.9 0.97 15 300 9482 -35.7 -36.4 93 0.7 -35.8 248 63 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.1 0.56 16 250 10725 -45.1 -45.6 95 0.5 -45.2 248 60 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.26 17 200 12175 -56.1 -56.3 98 0.2 -56.1 245 83 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.09 18 150 13970 -62.1 -77.9 10 15.8 -62.2 261 71 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16448 -69.0 -83.7 10 14.7 -69.1 248 39 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.40 m Freezing level: 617.52 mb = 4069.53 m = 13351.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.95 mb = 3890.61 m = 12764.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.45 mb = 1253.33 m = 4111.93 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.76 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1807.10 m = 5928.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 276.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.15 mb = 1668.29 m = 5473.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.15 mb = 2033.10 m = 6670.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.15 mb = 8782.88 m = 28814.88 ft B at Equ Level: 276.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.15 mb = 12137.34 m = 39820.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 196.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 5.20 Bulk Shear: 53.15 m/s