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: 34.85,-93.97 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 974 291 24.4 20.1 77 4.3 21.4 206 11 299.8 302.6 295.5 344.9 15.40 2 950 509 22.6 17.8 74 4.8 19.3 206 25 300.1 302.6 294.3 339.9 13.59 3 900 977 18.4 16.1 86 2.3 16.8 206 30 300.5 302.8 293.9 338.3 12.88 4 850 1466 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.6 209 32 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.7 11.93 5 800 1979 12.9 11.2 89 1.7 11.9 216 35 304.9 306.9 293.4 336.4 10.52 6 750 2520 9.8 7.5 85 2.3 8.5 217 36 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.7 8.72 7 700 3091 6.7 2.9 77 3.8 4.6 213 34 309.9 311.2 291.9 330.8 6.77 8 650 3696 3.2 -0.5 77 3.7 1.3 210 35 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.5 5.70 9 600 4341 -1.0 -3.8 81 2.8 -2.4 210 38 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.2 4.82 10 550 5029 -5.9 -7.6 88 1.7 -6.7 212 42 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.7 3.93 11 500 5769 -11.1 -11.7 95 0.6 -11.3 218 47 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.7 3.12 12 450 6571 -15.5 -19.4 72 3.9 -16.7 224 53 323.7 324.1 291.7 329.9 1.82 13 400 7450 -21.0 -22.6 87 1.6 -21.4 233 61 327.7 328.0 292.6 333.2 1.56 14 350 8424 -27.2 -27.3 99 0.1 -27.2 240 65 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.16 15 300 9515 -35.8 -35.8 100 -0.0 -35.8 243 68 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.2 0.60 16 250 10757 -44.6 -44.9 97 0.3 -44.6 243 76 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.28 17 200 12216 -53.3 -65.5 21 12.2 -53.6 256 80 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14033 -61.2 -77.7 9 16.6 -61.3 253 73 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16489 -71.4 -83.5 15 12.1 -71.4 255 39 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.79 m Freezing level: 612.17 mb = 4183.87 m = 13726.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.27 mb = 3918.81 m = 12856.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.75 mb = 836.24 m = 2743.54 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 15.14 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.66 mb = 1409.12 m = 4623.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.33 mb = 1185.49 m = 3889.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.33 mb = 2155.61 m = 7072.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.33 mb = 10403.04 m = 34130.29 ft B at Equ Level: 682.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.33 mb = 13495.10 m = 44274.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: -12.3 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 24.51 Bulk Shear: 27.90 m/s