MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-92.29 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -92.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 99 27.4 18.1 57 9.3 20.9 200 10 301.0 303.5 294.3 340.0 13.26 2 950 497 24.7 16.1 59 8.5 18.9 200 24 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.4 12.23 3 900 969 20.4 15.0 71 5.4 16.8 201 29 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.0 12.00 4 850 1460 16.1 13.6 85 2.5 14.5 203 31 303.0 305.2 293.7 337.5 11.63 5 800 1973 12.2 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 208 32 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.07 6 750 2513 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 9.0 225 38 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.4 9.47 7 700 3084 7.1 2.4 72 4.7 4.5 230 41 310.4 311.6 291.9 330.5 6.50 8 650 3690 3.4 -2.5 65 5.9 0.4 226 43 312.8 313.8 291.2 328.3 4.90 9 600 4335 -0.8 -4.5 75 3.8 -2.6 221 44 315.2 316.1 291.6 329.8 4.55 10 550 5024 -5.5 -8.5 79 3.0 -6.8 218 45 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.4 3.66 11 500 5765 -10.6 -11.8 91 1.2 -11.1 225 48 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.3 3.09 12 450 6569 -15.0 -17.5 81 2.6 -15.8 232 55 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.7 2.14 13 400 7450 -20.7 -21.7 92 1.0 -21.0 235 61 328.0 328.4 292.7 333.9 1.68 14 350 8425 -27.4 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.3 239 66 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.16 15 300 9516 -35.2 -35.2 100 0.0 -35.2 245 70 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.64 16 250 10762 -44.3 -44.2 100 -0.0 -44.3 247 65 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.5 0.30 17 200 12226 -52.8 -64.5 23 11.8 -53.1 257 65 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14040 -63.0 -76.6 14 13.6 -63.1 255 64 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16482 -70.8 -83.4 14 12.6 -70.8 258 36 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.48 m Freezing level: 609.02 mb = 4218.71 m = 13840.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3779.81 m = 12400.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.49 mb = 1274.72 m = 4182.11 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1724.23 m = 5656.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 472.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.71 mb = 1532.42 m = 5027.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.71 mb = 1891.47 m = 6205.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.71 mb = 9802.16 m = 32158.91 ft B at Equ Level: 470.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.71 mb = 12625.93 m = 41423.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 209.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 7.76 Bulk Shear: 60.80 m/s