MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.51,-91.39 Latitude: 33.51 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 46 30.6 14.3 37 16.2 19.8 187 14 303.4 305.3 292.8 333.9 10.28 1 1000 86 28.6 13.9 41 14.7 18.9 187 17 301.7 303.6 292.1 331.3 10.01 2 950 538 23.7 12.8 50 10.9 16.7 187 21 301.2 303.0 291.7 330.2 9.82 3 900 1007 19.2 11.6 61 7.6 14.4 188 21 301.3 303.1 291.6 329.6 9.58 4 850 1495 14.8 10.4 75 4.4 12.0 189 20 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.3 9.34 5 800 2006 13.1 3.8 53 9.3 7.9 198 19 305.1 306.3 290.0 324.3 6.31 6 750 2546 10.5 -0.1 48 10.6 4.9 203 21 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.6 5.06 7 700 3119 8.8 -4.5 39 13.3 2.3 212 22 312.2 312.9 290.2 324.6 3.91 8 650 3728 5.1 -4.2 51 9.2 0.5 217 23 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.5 4.32 9 600 4376 0.4 -7.2 57 7.6 -3.1 216 23 316.5 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.70 10 550 5068 -4.1 -13.6 48 9.4 -7.8 219 25 319.2 319.6 290.9 327.3 2.44 11 500 5812 -9.4 -18.6 47 9.2 -12.5 229 33 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.5 1.75 12 450 6619 -12.9 -43.3 6 30.4 -17.9 236 36 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.19 13 400 7508 -18.7 -42.4 10 23.7 -22.3 242 42 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.23 14 350 8487 -26.7 -45.4 15 18.6 -28.9 243 47 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 15 300 9578 -35.7 -49.2 24 13.5 -36.8 249 55 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10818 -45.6 -55.7 31 10.1 -46.0 250 58 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.08 17 200 12285 -51.6 -69.7 10 18.1 -52.0 262 71 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14099 -63.1 -77.6 12 14.4 -63.2 246 57 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16519 -73.6 -82.6 24 9.0 -73.7 254 36 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.78 m Freezing level: 595.97 mb = 4431.69 m = 14539.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.47 mb = 3822.34 m = 12540.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.27 mb = 2076.56 m = 6812.79 ft T: 12.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.30 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.26 mb = 3245.78 m = 10648.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.99 C = 103.98 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 21.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5284.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.29 mb = 1929.43 m = 6330.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.2 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 239.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 10.61 m/s