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,-92.63 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -92.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 310 24.4 19.3 73 5.1 20.8 198 9 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.1 14.69 2 950 494 23.2 17.1 69 6.1 19.0 200 18 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.9 13.01 3 900 963 19.0 15.6 80 3.4 16.7 201 23 301.1 303.4 293.8 337.8 12.47 4 850 1453 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 206 25 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.1 11.82 5 800 1965 12.6 10.7 88 1.9 11.4 215 27 304.6 306.5 293.0 335.0 10.18 6 750 2505 9.4 7.6 88 1.8 8.3 214 26 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.2 8.74 7 700 3075 5.9 3.2 82 2.8 4.4 207 26 309.1 310.4 291.7 330.2 6.88 8 650 3678 2.3 -2.7 70 5.0 -0.2 202 31 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.7 4.83 9 600 4320 -2.3 -7.2 69 4.8 -4.5 200 38 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.3 3.72 10 550 5004 -7.3 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.7 205 43 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.4 3.70 11 500 5742 -11.6 -13.0 89 1.4 -12.1 218 51 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.2 2.81 12 450 6541 -16.0 -21.7 61 5.7 -17.6 219 54 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.3 1.50 13 400 7420 -21.2 -26.0 65 4.8 -22.4 228 64 327.4 327.6 292.1 331.5 1.15 14 350 8392 -27.6 -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 -36.5 243 62 333.9 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10716 -46.7 -46.9 97 0.3 -46.7 248 74 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.22 17 200 12160 -56.3 -58.7 75 2.3 -56.4 250 80 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.8 0.07 18 150 13982 -59.2 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.4 243 64 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16458 -68.3 -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: 5693.57 m Freezing level: 625.43 mb = 3993.36 m = 13101.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.32 mb = 3649.08 m = 11971.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.98 mb = 954.05 m = 3130.05 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1509.09 m = 4951.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -3.55 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: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 785.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.80 mb = 1324.66 m = 4345.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.80 mb = 2093.71 m = 6869.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.80 mb = 11039.41 m = 36218.08 ft B at Equ Level: 782.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.80 mb = 13660.96 m = 44818.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.5 neg: -6.7 tot: 77.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 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: 22.54 Bulk Shear: 34.83 m/s