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: 33.87,-91.36 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -91.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 49 25.4 17.7 63 7.6 20.2 193 12 297.9 300.2 293.0 335.0 12.79 1 1000 111 23.6 17.4 68 6.2 19.4 194 15 296.8 299.1 292.6 333.2 12.59 2 950 557 19.4 16.2 82 3.2 17.3 196 19 296.9 299.1 292.3 332.4 12.27 3 900 1021 18.2 11.3 64 6.9 13.9 202 22 300.3 302.0 291.2 328.0 9.41 4 850 1509 15.6 9.1 65 6.5 11.7 207 16 302.5 304.1 291.2 328.1 8.59 5 800 2021 12.1 8.6 79 3.5 9.9 210 13 304.0 305.6 291.8 330.3 8.78 6 750 2560 9.2 4.1 70 5.1 6.3 209 13 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.3 6.84 7 700 3131 7.9 -0.4 56 8.3 3.5 212 15 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.9 5.32 8 650 3739 4.7 -2.5 60 7.2 1.0 215 17 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.8 4.89 9 600 4387 0.2 -6.8 59 7.0 -3.0 217 16 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.7 3.83 10 550 5078 -4.8 -12.0 57 7.1 -7.7 226 17 318.3 318.9 291.0 327.5 2.78 11 500 5819 -10.5 -18.2 53 7.7 -13.0 236 23 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.5 1.83 12 450 6624 -13.7 -44.7 5 31.0 -18.5 242 27 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.16 13 400 7511 -18.8 -42.0 11 23.2 -22.3 245 34 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.24 14 350 8489 -27.1 -45.2 16 18.1 -29.1 254 39 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.19 15 300 9580 -35.9 -47.5 29 11.6 -36.9 258 46 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10819 -45.8 -52.5 47 6.7 -46.1 254 50 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.5 0.12 17 200 12280 -51.6 -70.4 9 18.8 -52.0 264 67 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14096 -62.8 -77.6 12 14.8 -62.9 255 54 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16522 -72.5 -82.7 20 10.2 -72.5 256 33 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.00 m Freezing level: 597.90 mb = 4415.66 m = 14486.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.44 mb = 3897.03 m = 12785.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.99 mb = 1012.02 m = 3320.25 ft T: 18.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 7.03 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1839.94 m = 6036.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 26.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 333.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.02 mb = 1116.66 m = 3663.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 505.02 mb = 5741.60 m = 18837.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.02 mb = 5895.82 m = 19343.01 ft B at Equ Level: 10.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 465.02 mb = 6373.55 m = 20910.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -14.1 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 4.30 m/s