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: 34.93,-92.17 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 993 98 29.1 16.4 46 12.7 20.4 188 11 302.8 305.0 293.8 337.9 11.85 2 950 493 25.6 14.6 51 11.0 18.2 192 24 303.1 305.2 293.3 335.9 11.04 3 900 965 21.0 13.6 62 7.5 16.1 195 28 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.7 10.93 4 850 1457 16.5 12.7 78 3.8 14.0 197 30 303.4 305.4 293.3 335.7 10.89 5 800 1970 11.9 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 201 32 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.6 10.67 6 750 2509 9.0 8.5 96 0.5 8.7 221 38 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.30 7 700 3079 7.3 1.2 65 6.2 3.9 230 43 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.0 5.95 8 650 3686 3.9 -5.5 50 9.4 -0.6 225 44 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.8 3.90 9 600 4331 -0.5 -6.3 65 5.8 -3.2 218 45 315.5 316.3 291.2 328.3 3.99 10 550 5021 -5.5 -9.3 75 3.7 -7.1 215 46 317.5 318.2 291.3 328.7 3.45 11 500 5762 -10.6 -13.0 83 2.4 -11.5 219 49 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.4 2.81 12 450 6565 -15.1 -18.1 78 3.0 -16.1 228 56 324.2 324.6 292.0 331.2 2.04 13 400 7447 -20.5 -20.9 97 0.4 -20.7 233 61 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.6 1.81 14 350 8423 -26.8 -26.8 100 0.0 -26.8 241 65 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.1 1.22 15 300 9516 -35.2 -35.2 100 -0.0 -35.2 243 66 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.64 16 250 10761 -44.5 -44.4 100 -0.0 -44.5 245 69 340.0 340.0 294.6 341.1 0.29 17 200 12224 -52.9 -68.2 14 15.3 -53.2 261 67 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14039 -62.1 -77.0 12 14.8 -62.3 257 63 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16483 -70.5 -83.3 13 12.9 -70.5 253 40 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.19 m Freezing level: 605.84 mb = 4256.07 m = 13963.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.27 mb = 3607.26 m = 11834.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.35 mb = 1705.93 m = 5596.83 ft T: 14.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 1934.90 m = 6348.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.53 mb = 1848.85 m = 6065.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.53 mb = 2111.66 m = 6927.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.53 mb = 2658.46 m = 8721.86 ft B at Equ Level: 4.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 706.53 mb = 3002.52 m = 9850.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 67.51 m/s