MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-89.88 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -89.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 995 94 26.8 16.6 54 10.2 19.8 184 15 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.6 11.99 2 950 498 24.3 15.5 58 8.8 18.4 186 33 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.5 11.74 3 900 969 20.9 13.6 63 7.4 16.1 197 40 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.5 10.91 4 850 1461 16.9 11.0 68 6.0 13.1 205 43 303.9 305.7 292.5 332.9 9.73 5 800 1975 12.6 8.8 77 3.8 10.3 209 45 304.6 306.3 292.1 331.3 8.91 6 750 2514 9.3 4.4 71 5.0 6.5 216 43 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.0 7.00 7 700 3085 7.3 -1.2 55 8.5 2.9 229 41 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.2 5.01 8 650 3691 3.7 -7.2 45 10.9 -1.2 229 41 313.2 313.8 290.0 324.2 3.43 9 600 4336 -0.8 -8.7 55 7.8 -4.3 224 40 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.9 3.31 10 550 5025 -5.2 -12.9 55 7.6 -8.2 220 42 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.59 11 500 5767 -9.7 -18.2 50 8.5 -12.5 222 47 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.4 1.83 12 450 6572 -14.5 -19.1 68 4.6 -16.0 231 52 325.0 325.4 292.1 331.4 1.87 13 400 7455 -20.2 -20.8 95 0.6 -20.4 231 55 328.7 329.1 293.1 335.1 1.83 14 350 8432 -27.0 -27.1 99 0.1 -27.0 236 56 332.4 332.6 293.5 336.6 1.19 15 300 9525 -35.1 -35.4 97 0.3 -35.1 246 58 335.9 336.0 293.9 338.3 0.63 16 250 10770 -44.0 -44.9 91 0.9 -44.0 247 67 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.8 0.28 17 200 12235 -53.5 -68.3 15 14.8 -53.8 255 60 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14040 -63.1 -76.3 15 13.2 -63.2 247 57 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16493 -68.5 -83.5 10 15.0 -68.6 253 37 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.58 m Freezing level: 609.11 mb = 4218.14 m = 13838.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.65 mb = 3508.55 m = 11510.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.93 mb = 1391.22 m = 4564.30 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 1983.07 m = 6506.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 29.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.08 mb = 1651.93 m = 5419.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.08 mb = 3992.94 m = 13100.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.08 mb = 8103.31 m = 26585.35 ft B at Equ Level: 127.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 266.08 mb = 10344.55 m = 33938.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 331.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 1.86 Bulk Shear: 69.02 m/s