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: 33.3,-93.27 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 996 88 26.9 19.0 62 8.0 21.3 204 6 300.4 303.0 294.7 341.4 13.99 2 950 508 23.5 16.6 65 6.9 18.8 215 17 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.2 12.62 3 900 977 19.5 15.0 75 4.5 16.5 223 21 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.0 12.00 4 850 1467 15.0 13.6 91 1.5 14.1 226 24 301.9 304.0 293.3 336.1 11.56 5 800 1978 12.5 5.5 62 7.0 8.5 238 25 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.9 7.11 6 750 2518 10.4 -10.0 23 20.4 1.7 252 29 307.9 308.3 287.2 315.4 2.37 7 700 3087 6.1 -16.5 18 22.6 -2.1 257 30 309.2 309.5 286.8 314.1 1.50 8 650 3689 2.2 -19.3 19 21.5 -5.0 264 35 311.5 311.7 287.3 315.7 1.28 9 600 4330 -1.5 -27.1 12 25.6 -8.5 271 38 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.69 10 550 5017 -5.6 -27.1 17 21.5 -11.3 285 45 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.0 0.75 11 500 5757 -10.6 -27.4 24 16.8 -14.8 284 57 320.1 320.3 289.6 322.9 0.81 12 450 6558 -16.3 -31.7 25 15.4 -19.4 276 62 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.9 0.60 13 400 7433 -23.0 -35.7 30 12.7 -25.1 276 62 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.8 0.46 14 350 8395 -30.7 -41.5 34 10.8 -31.9 289 66 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.29 15 300 9471 -39.0 -48.5 36 9.5 -39.6 296 86 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.16 16 250 10692 -48.5 -56.9 37 8.4 -48.8 291 86 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.07 17 200 12133 -57.3 -65.6 34 8.4 -57.4 268 76 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13944 -59.2 -79.0 6 19.8 -59.5 289 66 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16439 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.1 265 31 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.83 m Freezing level: 620.05 mb = 4073.06 m = 13362.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.20 mb = 2761.36 m = 9059.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.35 mb = 1098.53 m = 3604.05 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 27.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1466.65 m = 4811.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 16.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1070.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.46 mb = 1361.92 m = 4468.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.46 mb = 2679.59 m = 8791.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.46 mb = 11651.96 m = 38227.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1060.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.46 mb = 14133.38 m = 46368.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.10 Bulk Shear: 96.42 m/s