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: 36.74,-92.48 Latitude: 36.74 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 45 SFC 969 315 25.7 19.3 68 6.4 21.2 194 10 301.5 304.2 295.4 344.8 14.69 2 950 492 23.7 17.2 67 6.5 19.2 196 20 301.2 303.6 294.3 339.8 13.10 3 900 962 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.9 200 24 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.4 12.47 4 850 1452 15.8 13.4 86 2.4 14.3 210 26 302.7 304.8 293.5 336.7 11.46 5 800 1965 13.0 10.4 84 2.6 11.4 219 27 305.0 306.8 293.0 334.8 9.96 6 750 2505 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 217 25 306.7 308.4 292.6 333.3 8.77 7 700 3075 5.8 3.1 83 2.7 4.3 209 24 308.9 310.2 291.7 329.9 6.85 8 650 3678 2.3 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.0 202 28 311.5 312.5 290.9 327.1 4.98 9 600 4320 -2.1 -5.9 75 3.8 -3.8 201 36 313.7 314.5 290.8 326.8 4.12 10 550 5006 -6.6 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.4 208 43 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.1 3.68 11 500 5745 -10.9 -13.6 81 2.6 -11.9 217 46 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.68 12 450 6548 -15.3 -19.4 71 4.1 -16.6 220 47 324.0 324.4 291.8 330.3 1.83 13 400 7428 -21.0 -24.9 71 3.9 -22.0 226 53 327.6 327.9 292.3 332.1 1.26 14 350 8399 -28.3 -28.4 99 0.1 -28.3 228 62 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.4 1.05 15 300 9487 -36.5 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.5 236 65 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10722 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 240 76 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.23 17 200 12168 -55.8 -60.5 56 4.7 -55.9 244 79 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 13987 -59.7 -78.5 7 18.9 -59.9 243 66 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16459 -68.4 -83.7 9 15.3 -68.5 255 42 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.37 m Freezing level: 623.95 mb = 4012.74 m = 13165.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.45 mb = 3672.62 m = 12049.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.83 mb = 1126.86 m = 3697.00 ft T: 18.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1648.60 m = 5408.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.93 mb = 1402.09 m = 4599.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.93 mb = 2177.87 m = 7145.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.93 mb = 11263.99 m = 36954.91 ft B at Equ Level: 836.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.93 mb = 13989.61 m = 45897.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.3 neg: -10.7 tot: 74.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 33.91 Bulk Shear: 24.91 m/s