MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.57,-91.34 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -91.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 59 19.0 13.3 70 5.7 15.5 212 7 291.8 293.5 288.4 319.0 9.61 1 1000 100 18.0 12.7 71 5.3 14.7 210 8 291.1 292.8 287.9 317.4 9.28 2 950 537 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.8 221 13 291.4 293.1 288.1 317.9 9.33 3 900 995 15.0 11.3 78 3.7 12.7 235 24 296.9 298.6 290.0 324.1 9.35 4 850 1478 12.9 9.5 80 3.3 10.9 238 26 299.6 301.2 290.5 325.6 8.83 5 800 1988 11.5 3.8 59 7.7 7.2 247 26 303.4 304.6 289.5 322.3 6.29 6 750 2523 7.4 -0.0 59 7.4 3.6 249 25 304.6 305.5 288.8 320.1 5.09 7 700 3087 3.0 -3.8 61 6.8 -0.2 247 27 305.8 306.6 288.2 318.5 4.11 8 650 3683 -1.1 -8.4 58 7.2 -4.1 247 30 307.7 308.3 287.9 317.5 3.13 9 600 4316 -5.5 -13.1 55 7.6 -8.2 248 31 309.8 310.2 287.8 317.3 2.32 10 550 4992 -10.7 -16.3 63 5.6 -12.5 254 34 311.4 311.7 288.0 317.7 1.94 11 500 5718 -15.6 -21.3 62 5.7 -17.1 253 41 314.0 314.3 288.3 318.7 1.39 12 450 6504 -21.2 -27.0 59 5.9 -22.4 248 51 316.6 316.8 288.7 319.8 0.93 13 400 7363 -26.9 -33.4 54 6.5 -27.9 245 57 320.0 320.2 289.4 322.1 0.57 14 350 8313 -33.2 -38.7 57 5.6 -33.8 240 57 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.38 15 300 9379 -40.5 -48.1 44 7.6 -41.0 235 62 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.16 16 250 10604 -46.6 -63.6 13 17.1 -47.1 237 61 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 17 200 12064 -52.3 -70.8 9 18.5 -52.6 246 67 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13898 -57.6 -79.2 5 21.6 -57.8 265 51 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16414 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 227 36 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.28 m Freezing level: 663.74 mb = 3518.92 m = 11544.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.82 mb = 3054.04 m = 10019.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.38 mb = 777.61 m = 2551.17 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 8.32 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2333.10 m = 7654.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.15 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7998.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.56 mb = 924.14 m = 3031.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 51.86 m/s