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: 34.67,-91.57 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -91.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 64 25.3 16.8 60 8.4 19.6 200 13 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.2 12.10 1 1000 103 24.0 16.5 63 7.5 19.0 201 16 297.2 299.3 292.2 331.6 11.88 2 950 548 19.8 15.5 76 4.3 17.0 205 21 297.3 299.4 292.0 331.3 11.74 3 900 1014 18.5 13.1 71 5.5 15.0 216 24 300.6 302.5 292.2 331.7 10.57 4 850 1503 15.6 12.1 80 3.4 13.4 219 19 302.5 304.4 292.7 333.7 10.52 5 800 2015 11.9 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 218 16 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.5 10.26 6 750 2553 8.8 7.1 89 1.7 7.8 214 16 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.6 8.46 7 700 3124 7.5 -0.3 58 7.8 3.4 213 17 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.5 5.36 8 650 3731 4.4 -3.2 58 7.6 0.6 215 18 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.7 4.65 9 600 4378 0.0 -6.7 60 6.7 -3.1 217 20 316.2 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.86 10 550 5069 -5.3 -10.4 68 5.0 -7.4 225 22 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.1 3.16 11 500 5809 -11.1 -17.4 59 6.4 -13.2 231 26 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.1 1.94 12 450 6612 -14.5 -35.5 15 21.1 -18.6 237 28 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.41 13 400 7495 -19.7 -37.9 18 18.2 -22.7 244 38 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.8 0.37 14 350 8471 -27.6 -44.5 19 16.8 -29.6 249 43 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.21 15 300 9559 -36.2 -43.3 48 7.1 -36.9 253 51 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.28 16 250 10797 -46.1 -50.9 58 4.8 -46.3 253 58 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12255 -51.7 -69.4 10 17.7 -52.1 260 75 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14075 -61.3 -78.6 8 17.3 -61.4 257 59 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16508 -71.9 -82.8 18 10.9 -71.9 250 36 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.14 m Freezing level: 599.63 mb = 4383.32 m = 14380.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.80 mb = 3833.99 m = 12578.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.06 mb = 1128.41 m = 3702.09 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1890.33 m = 6201.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 31.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 306.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.32 mb = 1212.96 m = 3979.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 524.32 mb = 5440.08 m = 17847.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.32 mb = 6210.68 m = 20375.99 ft B at Equ Level: 15.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 444.32 mb = 6707.07 m = 22004.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: -14.6 tot: 31.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.09 Bulk Shear: 3.55 m/s