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: 34.03,-92.47 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 998 90 30.0 17.4 47 12.6 21.3 190 10 303.3 305.6 294.5 340.7 12.62 2 950 527 23.8 16.2 62 7.7 18.7 194 19 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.4 12.24 3 900 997 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.6 197 19 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.17 4 850 1486 15.0 14.2 95 0.8 14.5 199 19 301.8 304.1 293.7 337.5 12.08 5 800 1998 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 204 22 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.6 10.30 6 750 2537 9.1 8.0 93 1.0 8.5 209 25 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.04 7 700 3108 7.2 3.2 76 4.0 5.0 213 28 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.8 6.91 8 650 3716 4.6 -1.1 67 5.7 1.6 216 32 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.3 5.44 9 600 4363 0.3 -6.3 61 6.6 -2.7 217 33 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.3 3.99 10 550 5055 -4.7 -12.0 57 7.3 -7.6 218 33 318.5 319.1 291.0 327.7 2.77 11 500 5796 -10.8 -16.3 64 5.5 -12.7 227 38 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.0 2.14 12 450 6601 -13.8 -36.9 12 23.1 -18.1 231 42 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.36 13 400 7486 -19.2 -42.0 11 22.7 -22.7 234 52 330.0 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.24 14 350 8464 -27.1 -48.7 11 21.6 -29.3 240 57 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.13 15 300 9554 -35.8 -47.2 30 11.4 -36.8 245 64 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.18 16 250 10793 -45.8 -52.9 45 7.0 -46.2 249 72 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.11 17 200 12258 -51.1 -70.4 8 19.3 -51.5 255 82 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14081 -62.6 -77.7 11 15.1 -62.7 253 69 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16508 -71.9 -82.9 18 11.0 -71.9 252 38 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.22 m Freezing level: 596.94 mb = 4405.55 m = 14453.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.53 mb = 3948.80 m = 12955.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.45 mb = 1672.57 m = 5487.38 ft T: 13.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.50 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.48 mb = 1601.56 m = 5254.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.30 mb = 1543.21 m = 5062.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.30 mb = 1796.78 m = 5894.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 699.30 mb = 3115.90 m = 10222.65 ft B at Equ Level: 28.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.30 mb = 12280.49 m = 40289.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.67 Bulk Shear: 27.75 m/s