MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.23,-92.19 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -92.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 51 26.4 19.5 66 6.9 21.6 222 7 299.4 302.0 294.7 341.4 14.40 1 1000 68 26.3 18.9 64 7.4 21.2 222 8 299.5 302.0 294.3 340.0 13.87 2 950 518 22.2 17.3 74 5.0 18.8 221 18 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.3 13.17 3 900 986 18.2 15.8 86 2.4 16.6 224 21 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.4 12.66 4 850 1474 14.6 13.9 96 0.7 14.1 226 24 301.5 303.6 293.4 336.3 11.83 5 800 1985 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.1 236 26 304.3 305.9 291.9 330.8 8.87 6 750 2525 10.0 -5.4 33 15.4 2.8 248 29 307.4 308.0 288.1 318.0 3.41 7 700 3093 5.5 -12.0 27 17.5 -1.4 252 32 308.6 309.0 287.3 315.6 2.18 8 650 3693 1.5 -19.7 19 21.2 -5.5 257 35 310.6 310.9 287.0 314.7 1.23 9 600 4333 -2.5 -23.0 19 20.4 -8.6 263 38 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.6 1.01 10 550 5017 -6.2 -27.2 17 21.0 -11.6 279 43 316.8 316.9 288.5 319.4 0.75 11 500 5756 -10.9 -27.2 25 16.3 -14.9 284 57 319.8 319.9 289.6 322.7 0.82 12 450 6557 -16.4 -31.0 27 14.6 -19.4 275 64 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.64 13 400 7431 -23.0 -35.9 30 12.9 -25.1 276 58 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.7 0.45 14 350 8394 -30.6 -41.6 33 11.0 -31.9 292 67 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 15 300 9470 -38.9 -48.5 36 9.6 -39.6 297 88 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.16 16 250 10693 -47.9 -57.4 33 9.5 -48.2 292 82 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12132 -57.4 -64.8 39 7.4 -57.5 267 82 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 13944 -59.8 -78.5 7 18.7 -60.0 285 65 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16435 -68.2 -83.5 9 15.3 -68.2 264 42 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.25 m Freezing level: 631.53 mb = 3929.59 m = 12892.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.13 mb = 2893.92 m = 9494.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.04 mb = 928.13 m = 3045.01 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 26.71 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1291.54 m = 4237.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 21.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1112.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.99 mb = 1139.28 m = 3737.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.99 mb = 1484.01 m = 4868.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.99 mb = 11547.35 m = 37884.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1104.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.99 mb = 14412.91 m = 47285.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 14.27 Bulk Shear: 77.99 m/s