MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.60,-91.82 Latitude: 33.60 Longitude: -91.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 57 25.1 19.2 70 6.0 21.0 213 9 298.0 300.6 294.0 338.8 14.05 1 1000 83 24.3 18.3 70 5.9 20.2 213 11 297.4 299.8 293.4 336.2 13.39 2 950 529 19.8 17.0 84 2.8 17.9 213 17 297.3 299.7 293.0 334.8 12.94 3 900 993 16.2 15.5 95 0.8 15.7 217 22 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.2 12.36 4 850 1479 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 228 28 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.1 10.35 5 800 1989 11.6 8.7 82 2.9 9.8 240 32 303.5 305.1 291.7 329.9 8.84 6 750 2526 8.3 2.7 68 5.6 5.2 241 30 305.5 306.7 290.1 324.4 6.20 7 700 3092 4.5 -5.2 49 9.8 0.0 240 32 307.5 308.2 288.4 319.0 3.70 8 650 3691 0.1 -11.5 41 11.6 -4.4 244 35 309.1 309.6 287.7 316.9 2.45 9 600 4326 -4.8 -19.3 31 14.5 -9.3 253 32 310.6 310.8 287.1 315.1 1.38 10 550 5004 -9.3 -23.9 29 14.6 -13.2 265 41 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.4 1.00 11 500 5734 -13.7 -29.9 24 16.2 -17.2 271 50 316.3 316.5 288.3 318.6 0.64 12 450 6528 -18.2 -37.4 17 19.1 -21.4 279 65 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.34 13 400 7397 -23.9 -35.9 32 12.0 -25.8 275 74 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.45 14 350 8356 -31.7 -40.4 42 8.7 -32.6 275 74 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.32 15 300 9427 -39.7 -48.3 40 8.6 -40.2 290 78 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 16 250 10651 -48.0 -58.0 30 10.1 -48.3 283 77 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.06 17 200 12104 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.2 276 77 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13923 -60.3 -77.9 8 17.5 -60.5 275 68 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16434 -63.1 -84.0 4 20.9 -63.3 255 35 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.58 m Freezing level: 648.80 mb = 3706.47 m = 12160.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.78 mb = 3095.02 m = 10154.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.37 mb = 810.61 m = 2659.44 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 23.66 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 1015.50 m = 3331.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.59 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1019.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.16 mb = 915.90 m = 3004.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.16 mb = 2166.18 m = 7106.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.16 mb = 10566.68 m = 34667.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1017.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.16 mb = 13391.55 m = 43934.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.7 neg: -4.8 tot: 162.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 15.08 Bulk Shear: 67.60 m/s