MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.48,-93.79 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 997 97 18.7 17.5 93 1.1 17.9 303 5 292.1 294.4 291.2 328.2 12.76 2 950 509 18.2 14.8 81 3.3 16.0 286 16 295.6 297.6 291.1 327.9 11.22 3 900 975 19.4 15.7 79 3.8 16.9 245 30 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.4 12.53 4 850 1466 17.1 12.8 76 4.2 14.3 242 37 304.0 306.1 293.6 336.9 11.02 5 800 1981 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.6 243 39 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.6 10.04 6 750 2522 9.9 8.2 89 1.7 8.9 243 40 307.3 309.0 293.0 335.0 9.14 7 700 3092 6.4 5.5 94 0.9 5.9 243 42 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.5 8.14 8 650 3697 2.6 2.0 96 0.5 2.2 244 45 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.1 6.84 9 600 4340 -2.1 -3.3 92 1.2 -2.7 243 49 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.4 4.99 10 550 5026 -6.4 -9.7 77 3.3 -7.8 242 51 316.5 317.1 290.9 327.3 3.32 11 500 5765 -10.2 -13.6 76 3.4 -11.5 239 50 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.5 2.67 12 450 6571 -14.2 -19.4 65 5.2 -15.9 245 50 325.4 325.7 292.2 331.6 1.82 13 400 7454 -19.7 -25.4 60 5.7 -21.1 253 56 329.4 329.7 292.7 333.8 1.21 14 350 8433 -26.2 -29.1 77 2.9 -26.8 252 46 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.1 0.99 15 300 9529 -34.2 -36.5 79 2.3 -34.5 241 42 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.3 0.56 16 250 10778 -43.1 -51.6 39 8.5 -43.6 244 54 341.9 342.0 294.9 342.5 0.13 17 200 12257 -50.5 -71.5 7 21.0 -51.0 254 60 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14079 -63.2 -77.3 13 14.1 -63.3 252 56 361.2 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16507 -70.8 -83.5 14 12.7 -70.9 259 34 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.94 m Freezing level: 622.79 mb = 4046.89 m = 13277.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.45 mb = 3980.67 m = 13059.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.55 mb = 237.75 m = 780.00 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 11.16 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2038.20 m = 6686.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 303.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.16 mb = 925.44 m = 3036.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.16 mb = 4337.56 m = 14230.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.16 mb = 5458.53 m = 17908.35 ft B at Equ Level: 42.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.16 mb = 6567.94 m = 21548.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 6.2 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -15.5 tot: 73.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 144.61 m/s