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: 36.50,-92.50 Latitude: 36.50 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 976 262 25.6 20.1 72 5.5 21.7 194 9 300.9 303.7 295.7 346.0 15.36 2 950 495 23.5 17.3 68 6.2 19.2 195 21 301.0 303.5 294.3 339.8 13.20 3 900 965 19.5 15.7 79 3.7 17.0 197 26 301.6 303.9 294.0 338.6 12.58 4 850 1455 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 208 27 302.9 305.1 293.6 337.1 11.53 5 800 1968 12.9 10.6 86 2.2 11.4 216 28 304.8 306.7 293.1 335.1 10.10 6 750 2508 9.2 7.4 88 1.8 8.1 213 26 306.5 308.2 292.4 332.6 8.63 7 700 3078 5.9 2.2 77 3.7 3.9 208 23 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.8 6.43 8 650 3681 2.4 -3.1 67 5.5 -0.3 201 27 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.4 4.69 9 600 4323 -1.9 -5.5 76 3.6 -3.6 202 36 314.0 314.8 291.0 327.4 4.23 10 550 5010 -6.5 -8.8 84 2.3 -7.5 208 43 316.3 317.0 291.1 327.9 3.56 11 500 5749 -11.0 -13.6 81 2.6 -12.0 217 47 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.4 2.67 12 450 6552 -15.1 -20.8 62 5.7 -16.8 221 51 324.2 324.6 291.7 329.8 1.62 13 400 7433 -20.5 -28.5 49 8.0 -22.3 228 58 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.6 0.91 14 350 8405 -28.2 -28.2 100 -0.0 -28.2 231 64 330.7 331.0 293.0 334.6 1.07 15 300 9493 -36.4 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.4 240 66 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.3 0.57 16 250 10729 -46.6 -46.6 100 -0.0 -46.6 241 68 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.23 17 200 12176 -55.2 -61.1 48 5.9 -55.4 249 81 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 18 150 13995 -60.0 -78.5 7 18.5 -60.2 243 69 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16465 -68.5 -83.7 9 15.3 -68.6 256 40 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.02 m Freezing level: 621.92 mb = 4041.80 m = 13260.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.61 mb = 3636.01 m = 11929.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.50 mb = 959.85 m = 3149.06 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 19.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1586.26 m = 5204.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.03 mb = 1334.23 m = 4377.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.03 mb = 1999.56 m = 6560.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.03 mb = 11353.74 m = 37249.33 ft B at Equ Level: 894.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.03 mb = 14116.21 m = 46312.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.0 neg: -17.4 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 33.70 Bulk Shear: 26.85 m/s