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: 36.61,-93.11 Latitude: 36.61 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 103 SFC 975 320 24.5 17.5 65 7.0 19.7 173 10 299.8 302.2 293.7 337.8 12.99 2 950 549 21.9 16.0 69 5.9 17.9 178 22 299.4 301.7 293.0 334.8 12.11 3 900 1016 17.4 14.7 84 2.7 15.6 183 28 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.7 11.74 4 850 1502 14.5 11.1 80 3.4 12.4 202 33 301.3 303.1 291.8 330.3 9.80 5 800 2015 14.6 3.0 46 11.5 8.1 225 36 306.7 307.8 290.2 324.9 5.95 6 750 2558 11.0 3.5 60 7.5 6.8 240 33 308.5 309.8 291.3 328.7 6.58 7 700 3130 7.2 2.2 70 5.1 4.4 246 32 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.3 6.40 8 650 3736 2.7 0.8 88 1.8 1.7 250 33 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.5 6.27 9 600 4378 -2.9 -4.3 90 1.4 -3.6 257 35 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.4 4.64 10 550 5060 -8.1 -19.6 39 11.5 -11.6 260 34 314.5 314.8 288.5 319.4 1.47 11 500 5794 -12.5 -34.2 15 21.6 -16.8 272 35 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.3 0.42 12 450 6591 -16.9 -45.5 6 28.6 -20.8 282 51 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.15 13 400 7464 -22.9 -41.7 16 18.8 -25.5 289 56 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.25 14 350 8429 -29.8 -53.9 8 24.1 -31.7 294 59 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.07 15 300 9507 -39.1 -56.1 15 17.0 -39.9 310 58 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.06 16 250 10726 -49.6 -59.5 30 9.9 -49.9 312 58 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 17 200 12156 -56.8 -67.0 26 10.2 -57.0 285 47 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 13964 -59.6 -77.1 8 17.6 -59.7 270 43 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16454 -66.7 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.8 262 31 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.92 m Freezing level: 625.96 mb = 4044.35 m = 13268.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.08 mb = 3934.55 m = 12908.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.98 mb = 1207.10 m = 3960.26 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.51 mb = 2330.98 m = 7647.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.30 mb = 1350.19 m = 4429.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.30 mb = 3731.94 m = 12243.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.30 mb = 10980.07 m = 36023.42 ft B at Equ Level: 571.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.30 mb = 13166.58 m = 43196.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 368.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 120.97 m/s