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: 33.61,-93.22 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 998 91 30.6 17.8 47 12.8 21.7 194 10 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.6 12.99 2 950 526 24.5 16.6 61 7.9 19.1 197 19 302.0 304.4 294.1 339.2 12.58 3 900 997 20.1 15.6 76 4.5 17.1 200 21 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.0 12.48 4 850 1488 15.6 14.6 94 0.9 15.0 202 21 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.2 12.42 5 800 2000 11.5 11.3 98 0.3 11.4 206 22 303.5 305.4 293.0 334.9 10.56 6 750 2539 9.4 8.3 93 1.1 8.8 217 27 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.6 9.20 7 700 3110 7.0 1.7 69 5.2 4.1 217 29 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.4 6.21 8 650 3717 4.3 -2.0 64 6.3 1.1 215 32 313.8 314.8 291.7 329.9 5.09 9 600 4363 -0.0 -5.4 67 5.3 -2.6 216 36 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.8 4.28 10 550 5055 -4.8 -11.0 62 6.2 -7.4 216 36 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.2 3.00 11 500 5796 -10.6 -16.0 65 5.4 -12.5 227 42 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.4 2.19 12 450 6602 -13.3 -27.0 31 13.7 -16.8 232 46 326.5 326.7 291.7 329.9 0.93 13 400 7489 -19.0 -39.6 14 20.6 -22.4 235 52 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 14 350 8467 -26.8 -42.6 21 15.8 -28.7 241 58 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 15 300 9559 -35.7 -44.4 40 8.7 -36.5 244 65 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.25 16 250 10799 -45.0 -50.3 55 5.4 -45.3 251 71 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.15 17 200 12267 -51.2 -69.5 10 18.2 -51.6 257 80 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14087 -63.0 -78.0 12 15.0 -63.1 253 67 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16513 -70.9 -82.9 15 12.0 -71.0 257 35 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.10 m Freezing level: 600.55 mb = 4356.32 m = 14292.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.21 mb = 3902.60 m = 12803.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.49 mb = 1693.90 m = 5557.34 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.78 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.16 mb = 1596.02 m = 5236.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 511.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.32 mb = 1574.28 m = 5164.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.32 mb = 1624.63 m = 5330.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.32 mb = 10896.80 m = 35750.21 ft B at Equ Level: 502.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.32 mb = 13064.20 m = 42861.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 16.62 Bulk Shear: 30.77 m/s