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: 34.85,-92.17 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 994 95 27.5 17.9 56 9.6 20.9 201 11 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.7 13.09 2 950 496 24.8 16.0 58 8.8 18.8 201 24 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.1 12.11 3 900 968 20.4 14.8 70 5.6 16.7 200 29 302.6 304.7 293.7 337.7 11.88 4 850 1459 16.0 13.6 85 2.5 14.4 201 31 302.9 305.1 293.6 337.3 11.58 5 800 1972 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.1 206 32 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.13 6 750 2512 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 8.9 224 37 306.7 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.43 7 700 3083 7.0 2.3 72 4.7 4.4 230 42 310.2 311.5 291.8 330.3 6.47 8 650 3689 3.5 -2.3 66 5.8 0.5 227 43 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.5 4.97 9 600 4334 -0.7 -4.4 76 3.7 -2.5 221 44 315.3 316.2 291.7 330.0 4.61 10 550 5023 -5.5 -8.8 77 3.3 -6.9 218 45 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.2 3.57 11 500 5764 -10.7 -12.1 90 1.3 -11.3 224 48 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.9 3.03 12 450 6568 -15.0 -18.1 77 3.2 -16.0 232 55 324.4 324.8 292.1 331.4 2.04 13 400 7449 -20.8 -21.8 92 1.0 -21.1 235 61 328.0 328.3 292.7 333.8 1.67 14 350 8423 -27.3 -27.3 99 0.1 -27.3 239 66 332.0 332.2 293.4 336.2 1.16 15 300 9515 -35.3 -35.3 100 0.0 -35.3 245 68 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.63 16 250 10760 -44.4 -44.4 100 -0.0 -44.5 247 66 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.29 17 200 12223 -52.7 -65.7 19 13.0 -53.0 258 66 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14036 -63.0 -76.5 15 13.5 -63.1 255 63 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -70.7 -83.4 13 12.8 -70.7 258 38 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.12 m Freezing level: 608.70 mb = 4221.70 m = 13850.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.02 mb = 3800.93 m = 12470.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.69 mb = 1311.62 m = 4303.15 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 8.85 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1747.57 m = 5733.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.31 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.72 mb = 1561.74 m = 5123.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.72 mb = 2027.19 m = 6650.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.72 mb = 9636.22 m = 31614.52 ft B at Equ Level: 438.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.72 mb = 12391.91 m = 40655.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 58.73 m/s