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: 36.20,-93.82 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 953 454 23.0 18.9 78 4.0 20.2 196 12 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.9 14.59 2 950 486 22.7 18.0 74 4.8 19.5 197 17 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.6 13.76 3 900 954 18.6 16.1 85 2.5 16.9 197 29 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.5 12.89 4 850 1443 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 205 34 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.7 12.04 5 800 1956 12.5 11.5 94 1.0 11.9 214 37 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.6 10.75 6 750 2495 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 211 35 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.2 9.10 7 700 3065 6.2 3.7 84 2.4 4.8 203 32 309.3 310.7 292.1 331.4 7.17 8 650 3669 2.5 -0.6 80 3.2 0.9 198 33 311.8 312.9 291.6 329.5 5.64 9 600 4312 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.1 -2.9 198 38 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.1 4.76 10 550 4999 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.7 204 46 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.8 3.98 11 500 5739 -10.7 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.2 212 51 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.1 3.07 12 450 6542 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.1 -15.8 221 55 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.7 2.33 13 400 7422 -20.8 -20.9 99 0.1 -20.8 233 59 327.9 328.3 292.9 334.2 1.80 14 350 8396 -27.4 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.5 246 62 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.15 15 300 9484 -36.4 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.4 245 66 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.3 0.57 16 250 10722 -46.1 -46.1 100 0.0 -46.0 241 72 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.25 17 200 12168 -55.9 -58.4 74 2.5 -56.0 241 78 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.07 18 150 13982 -59.3 -78.7 6 19.4 -59.5 250 70 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16465 -68.6 -83.7 10 15.1 -68.7 249 41 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.38 m Freezing level: 621.17 mb = 4039.90 m = 13254.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3818.82 m = 12528.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.75 mb = 966.21 m = 3169.93 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1441.16 m = 4728.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.91 C = 76.85 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.74 mb = 1286.26 m = 4219.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.74 mb = 1948.08 m = 6391.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.74 mb = 10966.30 m = 35978.24 ft B at Equ Level: 693.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.74 mb = 13546.12 m = 44442.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.3 neg: -35.4 tot: 102.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 35.54 m/s