MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.64,-93.40 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 999 102 25.2 19.7 72 5.5 21.3 191 9 298.4 301.0 294.5 340.9 14.61 2 950 544 19.9 18.5 91 1.4 18.9 198 17 297.4 300.0 294.0 338.7 14.26 3 900 1009 18.6 14.5 77 4.2 15.9 211 23 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.7 11.58 4 850 1499 16.5 10.8 69 5.7 12.9 214 21 303.4 305.2 292.3 332.0 9.60 5 800 2013 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.4 215 19 304.7 306.6 293.0 334.9 10.11 6 750 2553 9.8 7.4 85 2.5 8.3 213 18 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.4 8.63 7 700 3125 7.9 2.6 69 5.3 4.9 209 19 311.2 312.4 292.2 331.6 6.59 8 650 3733 4.5 -1.1 67 5.6 1.5 214 21 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.2 5.43 9 600 4381 0.3 -6.4 61 6.6 -2.8 218 24 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.2 3.96 10 550 5072 -5.0 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.7 224 25 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.5 2.85 11 500 5813 -10.7 -15.1 70 4.3 -12.3 229 31 320.0 320.4 291.1 327.9 2.37 12 450 6618 -13.3 -32.7 18 19.4 -17.5 235 32 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.54 13 400 7505 -19.4 -39.1 16 19.7 -22.6 239 42 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.32 14 350 8481 -27.3 -45.2 17 17.9 -29.3 241 47 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.19 15 300 9571 -35.9 -49.3 24 13.4 -36.9 247 57 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 16 250 10811 -45.8 -55.0 35 9.2 -46.2 246 59 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 17 200 12274 -51.5 -70.0 9 18.5 -51.8 257 74 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14090 -62.6 -77.9 11 15.3 -62.7 247 61 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16517 -73.1 -82.9 21 9.8 -73.1 255 38 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.77 m Freezing level: 597.55 mb = 4414.42 m = 14482.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.32 mb = 3956.07 m = 12979.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.83 mb = 793.51 m = 2603.34 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1571.23 m = 5154.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.81 mb = 944.39 m = 3098.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.81 mb = 4091.76 m = 13424.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.81 mb = 10497.00 m = 34438.56 ft B at Equ Level: 286.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.81 mb = 12215.46 m = 40076.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -9.0 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.68 Bulk Shear: 13.96 m/s