MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 36.47,-93.11 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 977 304 24.7 17.4 64 7.3 19.8 173 10 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.7 12.93 2 950 551 21.9 15.9 69 6.0 17.9 179 22 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.7 12.05 3 900 1017 17.4 14.6 84 2.8 15.6 184 28 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.6 11.70 4 850 1503 14.5 11.0 80 3.5 12.3 202 33 301.4 303.1 291.7 330.2 9.76 5 800 2017 14.6 2.7 44 12.0 8.0 225 35 306.8 307.8 290.1 324.5 5.81 6 750 2559 11.1 3.0 57 8.2 6.5 240 32 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.1 6.32 7 700 3132 7.3 1.6 67 5.7 4.2 246 32 310.6 311.8 291.6 329.6 6.14 8 650 3738 2.8 0.6 86 2.2 1.6 250 33 312.1 313.3 292.1 331.4 6.17 9 600 4380 -2.8 -4.5 88 1.7 -3.6 258 34 312.9 313.8 290.9 327.3 4.57 10 550 5062 -8.1 -18.8 42 10.8 -11.5 260 34 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.8 1.57 11 500 5796 -12.5 -34.4 14 21.9 -16.8 272 36 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.41 12 450 6593 -16.7 -46.1 6 29.3 -20.7 281 52 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.14 13 400 7467 -22.8 -40.4 18 17.6 -25.2 287 56 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.28 14 350 8433 -29.7 -53.4 8 23.7 -31.6 294 58 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.08 15 300 9510 -39.1 -56.2 15 17.1 -39.9 310 57 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 16 250 10730 -49.6 -60.1 28 10.6 -49.9 311 56 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 12160 -56.9 -66.9 27 10.0 -57.1 284 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 13967 -59.5 -77.2 8 17.8 -59.7 272 44 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16456 -66.7 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 263 31 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.11 m Freezing level: 624.95 mb = 4059.24 m = 13317.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.45 mb = 3931.81 m = 12899.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.25 mb = 1225.26 m = 4019.82 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.15 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2353.85 m = 7722.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.98 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 548.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.97 mb = 1354.80 m = 4444.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.97 mb = 3862.24 m = 12671.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.97 mb = 10992.71 m = 36064.87 ft B at Equ Level: 545.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.97 mb = 13181.82 m = 43246.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 368.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 4.62 Bulk Shear: 118.75 m/s