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: 36.41,-93.88 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 957 418 21.8 18.8 83 3.0 19.7 200 12 298.7 301.3 294.4 340.5 14.37 2 950 480 21.8 17.8 78 4.0 19.1 201 19 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.0 13.61 3 900 948 18.1 16.0 87 2.1 16.7 201 30 300.2 302.5 293.7 337.7 12.81 4 850 1436 14.9 13.9 94 1.0 14.3 207 36 301.8 304.0 293.5 336.8 11.86 5 800 1948 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.7 212 38 304.2 306.1 293.3 335.8 10.60 6 750 2487 9.3 8.5 94 0.9 8.8 210 38 306.7 308.5 293.0 334.9 9.32 7 700 3057 6.2 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 201 36 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.3 7.84 8 650 3660 2.3 0.9 90 1.4 1.5 193 36 311.6 312.8 292.0 331.1 6.29 9 600 4302 -2.1 -3.1 93 1.0 -2.6 191 39 313.7 314.7 291.6 329.7 5.07 10 550 4987 -6.2 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.4 197 45 316.8 317.6 291.8 330.5 4.25 11 500 5726 -10.9 -11.4 96 0.5 -11.1 206 52 319.8 320.4 291.8 330.3 3.20 12 450 6527 -15.8 -16.2 97 0.4 -16.0 213 53 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.4 2.40 13 400 7406 -20.8 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 226 56 327.9 328.3 292.9 334.3 1.82 14 350 8380 -27.5 -27.5 100 -0.0 -27.5 233 54 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.14 15 300 9470 -35.7 -35.7 100 -0.0 -35.7 239 54 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.3 0.61 16 250 10712 -45.5 -45.7 97 0.3 -45.5 245 57 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 17 200 12160 -57.0 -57.2 98 0.2 -57.1 256 66 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 18 150 13967 -58.3 -78.7 6 20.4 -58.6 256 66 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16459 -68.9 -83.7 10 14.8 -69.0 242 41 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.51 m Freezing level: 623.83 mb = 3996.14 m = 13110.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.45 mb = 3892.39 m = 12770.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.13 mb = 803.58 m = 2636.40 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1375.28 m = 4512.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 555.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.65 mb = 1201.51 m = 3941.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.65 mb = 1856.95 m = 6092.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.65 mb = 9973.23 m = 32720.16 ft B at Equ Level: 555.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.65 mb = 13231.03 m = 43408.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.2 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 232.2 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.3 neg: -34.9 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 15.88 Bulk Shear: 34.99 m/s