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: 34.91,-94.17 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -94.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 976 272 24.2 20.3 79 3.9 21.5 206 11 299.4 302.3 295.5 344.8 15.56 2 950 507 22.4 17.9 76 4.5 19.3 207 25 299.9 302.4 294.3 340.0 13.72 3 900 976 18.3 16.2 88 2.0 16.9 209 31 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.5 13.01 4 850 1464 15.6 14.1 91 1.5 14.6 213 34 302.4 304.6 293.8 337.9 11.98 5 800 1978 12.8 11.2 90 1.6 11.8 219 36 304.8 306.7 293.4 336.2 10.51 6 750 2518 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.3 218 36 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.5 8.73 7 700 3088 6.5 2.8 77 3.7 4.4 213 35 309.7 310.9 291.8 330.3 6.69 8 650 3693 2.9 -0.4 79 3.3 1.2 209 36 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.2 5.72 9 600 4337 -1.2 -3.6 84 2.3 -2.4 209 39 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.2 4.90 10 550 5025 -6.0 -7.3 90 1.3 -6.6 211 44 316.9 317.7 291.7 329.9 4.01 11 500 5765 -11.0 -11.9 93 0.9 -11.3 217 50 319.7 320.3 291.7 329.8 3.08 12 450 6567 -15.6 -18.5 78 2.9 -16.5 225 55 323.7 324.1 291.8 330.4 1.98 13 400 7447 -20.9 -21.5 95 0.6 -21.1 235 62 327.8 328.2 292.7 333.8 1.71 14 350 8421 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 240 64 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.17 15 300 9512 -36.0 -36.0 100 -0.0 -36.0 242 69 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.59 16 250 10753 -44.4 -45.5 88 1.1 -44.5 241 72 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.26 17 200 12213 -53.3 -66.0 20 12.7 -53.6 255 79 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14028 -61.2 -77.8 9 16.6 -61.3 254 73 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16488 -71.3 -83.6 14 12.3 -71.3 253 38 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.34 m Freezing level: 614.82 mb = 4146.21 m = 13602.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3902.12 m = 12802.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.28 mb = 763.84 m = 2506.02 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1355.01 m = 4445.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 743.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.56 mb = 1133.15 m = 3717.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.56 mb = 1992.69 m = 6537.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.56 mb = 10523.71 m = 34526.17 ft B at Equ Level: 739.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.56 mb = 13677.68 m = 44873.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.9 neg: -15.8 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 22.28 Bulk Shear: 33.37 m/s