MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-92.48 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 982 267 23.1 18.1 73 5.0 19.7 187 12 297.8 300.2 293.5 336.7 13.43 2 950 555 20.4 16.9 80 3.5 18.0 188 28 297.9 300.2 293.1 335.1 12.82 3 900 1020 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 190 35 298.1 300.4 292.9 334.4 12.48 4 850 1505 13.6 13.4 99 0.2 13.5 196 44 300.4 302.5 292.8 334.1 11.47 5 800 2016 13.6 -1.2 36 14.8 6.1 200 46 305.6 306.5 288.5 319.1 4.39 6 750 2557 12.0 -10.5 20 22.5 2.3 202 40 309.6 310.0 287.7 316.9 2.29 7 700 3130 8.1 -12.4 22 20.5 -0.3 206 37 311.5 311.9 288.2 318.3 2.10 8 650 3736 3.3 -14.3 26 17.7 -3.4 213 34 312.7 313.1 288.4 319.1 1.93 9 600 4378 -1.9 -16.1 33 14.2 -7.0 219 32 313.9 314.2 288.7 319.9 1.81 10 550 5063 -7.0 -21.9 30 14.8 -11.4 225 34 315.8 316.0 288.7 319.9 1.21 11 500 5800 -10.4 -37.8 9 27.3 -15.6 228 35 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.4 0.30 12 450 6604 -14.9 -40.8 9 25.9 -19.1 230 39 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.24 13 400 7483 -21.5 -43.0 12 21.5 -24.4 231 39 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.21 14 350 8453 -29.1 -41.6 29 12.5 -30.6 235 40 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 15 300 9534 -37.9 -41.1 71 3.3 -38.2 237 45 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10763 -47.6 -48.4 91 0.9 -47.6 244 42 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.19 17 200 12199 -59.1 -59.3 97 0.2 -59.1 236 44 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.06 18 150 13974 -64.2 -75.6 20 11.4 -64.3 255 34 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16438 -65.2 -83.8 6 18.6 -65.4 235 31 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.68 m Freezing level: 618.45 mb = 4141.15 m = 13586.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.30 mb = 3067.60 m = 10064.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.77 mb = 898.45 m = 2947.63 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.16 mb = 1084.26 m = 3557.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.75 C = 74.75 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 16.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.43 mb = 1034.36 m = 3393.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.43 mb = 1273.97 m = 4179.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.43 mb = 1570.25 m = 5151.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.43 mb = 1772.55 m = 5815.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.3 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 239.3 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.1 neg: -15.3 tot: 215.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 8.55 Bulk Shear: 34.26 m/s