MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.65,-92.32 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 994 99 28.9 16.5 47 12.4 20.4 191 11 302.6 304.8 293.8 338.0 11.95 2 950 496 25.6 14.9 51 10.8 18.4 195 24 303.2 305.3 293.4 336.6 11.25 3 900 968 21.2 13.9 63 7.2 16.4 197 28 303.3 305.4 293.4 336.5 11.18 4 850 1460 16.6 12.8 79 3.7 14.1 200 30 303.5 305.5 293.4 336.3 11.01 5 800 1973 12.1 11.5 96 0.7 11.7 204 31 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.0 10.70 6 750 2513 9.2 8.8 97 0.4 9.0 221 36 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.3 9.53 7 700 3083 7.1 2.7 74 4.3 4.6 229 40 310.3 311.6 292.0 330.9 6.68 8 650 3690 3.7 -3.7 59 7.4 0.1 225 43 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.3 4.48 9 600 4335 -0.6 -6.5 64 6.0 -3.3 218 45 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.0 3.91 10 550 5024 -5.5 -9.5 73 4.1 -7.2 215 46 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.6 3.38 11 500 5765 -10.5 -12.7 84 2.2 -11.3 220 49 320.3 320.8 291.6 329.8 2.88 12 450 6570 -14.9 -18.0 77 3.1 -15.9 228 56 324.5 324.9 292.2 331.6 2.06 13 400 7452 -20.5 -21.1 94 0.7 -20.7 233 62 328.4 328.7 292.9 334.6 1.77 14 350 8427 -26.9 -26.9 100 0.0 -26.9 239 65 332.5 332.7 293.5 336.8 1.21 15 300 9521 -35.0 -35.0 100 -0.0 -35.0 245 68 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.5 0.65 16 250 10767 -44.1 -44.1 100 -0.0 -44.1 246 67 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.31 17 200 12230 -53.0 -66.9 17 13.9 -53.3 259 67 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14046 -62.4 -77.1 12 14.8 -62.5 256 65 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16489 -71.0 -83.3 15 12.2 -71.1 257 37 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.52 m Freezing level: 606.68 mb = 4248.70 m = 13939.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.85 mb = 3703.94 m = 12151.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.82 mb = 1663.36 m = 5457.14 ft T: 14.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1936.15 m = 6352.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 233.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.46 mb = 1821.54 m = 5976.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.46 mb = 2190.58 m = 7186.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.46 mb = 2742.23 m = 8996.70 ft B at Equ Level: 5.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 669.46 mb = 3448.23 m = 11312.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.83 Bulk Shear: 60.89 m/s