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: 36.07,-93.98 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 953 457 22.4 18.4 78 4.0 19.6 197 13 299.6 302.2 294.5 340.7 14.09 2 950 487 22.3 17.8 75 4.5 19.2 197 19 299.9 302.3 294.3 339.7 13.62 3 900 955 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 199 33 300.5 302.8 293.9 338.1 12.84 4 850 1444 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.4 206 38 302.5 304.6 293.6 337.2 11.74 5 800 1957 12.7 11.0 89 1.7 11.6 213 40 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.6 10.35 6 750 2497 9.5 7.6 88 1.9 8.3 212 39 306.9 308.5 292.6 333.4 8.76 7 700 3067 6.2 3.3 82 2.9 4.5 205 36 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.6 6.94 8 650 3671 2.4 -0.5 81 2.8 0.9 199 37 311.6 312.7 291.5 329.4 5.69 9 600 4313 -2.1 -3.5 90 1.4 -2.8 199 42 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.3 4.93 10 550 4999 -6.3 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.5 205 49 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.2 4.20 11 500 5738 -11.2 -12.3 92 1.1 -11.6 214 55 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.2 2.98 12 450 6540 -15.4 -15.6 99 0.2 -15.4 224 58 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.4 2.53 13 400 7421 -20.4 -20.4 100 0.0 -20.4 234 61 328.4 328.8 293.0 335.0 1.88 14 350 8395 -27.5 -27.5 100 -0.0 -27.5 237 58 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.14 15 300 9485 -35.7 -35.7 100 0.0 -35.7 246 52 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.3 0.61 16 250 10728 -45.3 -46.4 88 1.1 -45.4 252 49 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.24 17 200 12174 -57.0 -57.3 97 0.3 -57.0 246 65 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.08 18 150 13985 -60.0 -78.5 7 18.5 -60.2 257 65 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16465 -69.7 -83.7 11 14.0 -69.8 246 41 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.76 m Freezing level: 623.37 mb = 4013.07 m = 13166.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.73 mb = 3823.94 m = 12545.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.18 mb = 963.08 m = 3159.68 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1563.73 m = 5130.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 580.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.41 mb = 1290.56 m = 4234.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.41 mb = 2164.64 m = 7101.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.41 mb = 10192.73 m = 33440.32 ft B at Equ Level: 579.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.41 mb = 13562.83 m = 44496.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.6 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 237.6 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.3 neg: -30.4 tot: 128.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 14.63 Bulk Shear: 39.69 m/s