MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.65,-93.19 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 984 207 28.9 17.3 50 11.6 20.9 191 11 303.4 305.8 294.6 341.2 12.72 2 950 514 24.3 16.0 60 8.3 18.7 195 22 301.8 304.1 293.7 337.6 12.13 3 900 985 19.8 15.0 74 4.8 16.6 199 24 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.4 12.02 4 850 1474 15.4 14.0 91 1.4 14.6 201 24 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.6 11.94 5 800 1986 11.7 11.3 97 0.4 11.4 204 26 303.7 305.6 293.1 335.2 10.57 6 750 2525 9.0 8.4 96 0.6 8.6 208 28 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.27 7 700 3096 7.0 2.6 73 4.5 4.5 211 29 310.3 311.5 291.9 330.6 6.58 8 650 3702 4.0 -1.2 69 5.2 1.3 214 31 313.5 314.5 291.9 330.5 5.40 9 600 4349 -0.2 -5.6 67 5.4 -2.7 215 35 315.9 316.7 291.5 329.4 4.21 10 550 5039 -5.3 -9.9 70 4.6 -7.2 215 38 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.6 3.29 11 500 5780 -11.1 -13.0 86 1.9 -11.8 221 42 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.7 2.80 12 450 6581 -15.3 -25.2 42 9.9 -17.8 221 46 324.0 324.3 291.1 327.9 1.10 13 400 7463 -20.0 -35.8 23 15.7 -22.8 228 56 329.0 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.45 14 350 8438 -27.4 -36.8 41 9.3 -28.8 233 65 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.5 0.47 15 300 9529 -35.7 -38.6 75 2.9 -36.0 240 72 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.45 16 250 10771 -45.1 -45.1 100 -0.0 -45.2 250 73 339.0 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12232 -51.6 -68.1 12 16.4 -52.0 254 84 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14055 -61.8 -78.5 9 16.6 -62.0 250 74 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16497 -70.9 -83.2 15 12.3 -71.0 258 42 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.18 m Freezing level: 602.30 mb = 4319.14 m = 14170.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.81 mb = 3906.10 m = 12815.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.36 mb = 1661.72 m = 5451.76 ft T: 14.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1676.74 m = 5501.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.47 mb = 1589.75 m = 5215.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.47 mb = 1845.38 m = 6054.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.47 mb = 10159.21 m = 33330.33 ft B at Equ Level: 410.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.47 mb = 12441.89 m = 40819.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 16.11 Bulk Shear: 25.66 m/s