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: 36.69,-92.59 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -92.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 971 308 24.5 19.3 73 5.2 20.9 199 9 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.2 14.67 2 950 494 23.2 17.1 69 6.1 19.0 200 18 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.9 13.00 3 900 964 19.0 15.6 80 3.4 16.7 201 23 301.1 303.4 293.8 337.9 12.48 4 850 1453 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 205 24 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.2 11.83 5 800 1966 12.6 10.7 88 1.9 11.4 215 27 304.6 306.5 293.1 335.0 10.17 6 750 2505 9.4 7.5 88 1.9 8.3 214 26 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.1 8.70 7 700 3075 5.9 3.0 82 2.9 4.3 207 26 309.1 310.3 291.7 330.0 6.81 8 650 3678 2.3 -2.8 69 5.1 -0.3 202 31 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.5 4.77 9 600 4320 -2.3 -7.2 69 4.9 -4.5 200 38 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.3 3.70 10 550 5004 -7.3 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.8 205 43 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.3 3.69 11 500 5742 -11.5 -13.0 89 1.4 -12.1 218 51 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.82 12 450 6542 -16.0 -21.9 60 5.9 -17.6 219 54 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.2 1.47 13 400 7420 -21.2 -26.6 62 5.4 -22.4 228 64 327.4 327.7 292.1 331.3 1.09 14 350 8393 -27.7 -27.7 99 0.1 -27.6 238 69 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.5 1.12 15 300 9481 -36.5 -36.5 100 -0.0 -36.5 244 62 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.0 0.56 16 250 10716 -46.7 -46.9 98 0.2 -46.7 248 75 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.22 17 200 12160 -56.3 -58.8 74 2.5 -56.4 250 80 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 18 150 13983 -59.3 -78.6 6 19.3 -59.5 243 64 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16458 -68.4 -83.8 9 15.5 -68.4 251 41 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.89 m Freezing level: 625.28 mb = 3995.75 m = 13109.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.99 mb = 3641.13 m = 11945.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.54 mb = 968.11 m = 3176.18 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 17.93 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1511.40 m = 4958.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 795.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.55 mb = 1327.42 m = 4355.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.55 mb = 2096.71 m = 6878.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.55 mb = 11046.51 m = 36241.39 ft B at Equ Level: 793.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.55 mb = 13671.34 m = 44852.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.0 neg: -6.5 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 23.31 Bulk Shear: 34.14 m/s