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: 33.64,-93.19 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 58 SFC 996 89 24.9 19.6 72 5.3 21.2 192 3 298.3 301.0 294.4 340.6 14.54 2 950 507 22.1 17.3 74 4.9 18.8 214 14 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.1 13.15 3 900 975 18.7 15.2 80 3.5 16.3 221 22 300.7 303.0 293.4 336.3 12.12 4 850 1463 14.7 13.0 90 1.7 13.6 224 25 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.4 11.14 5 800 1974 12.8 3.9 55 8.8 7.8 240 27 304.8 305.9 290.0 324.0 6.35 6 750 2514 10.0 -9.5 24 19.5 1.6 251 30 307.4 307.9 287.2 315.3 2.47 7 700 3082 5.5 -15.6 20 21.1 -2.3 257 32 308.6 308.9 286.7 313.9 1.63 8 650 3683 1.6 -18.7 20 20.3 -5.3 263 36 310.8 311.0 287.2 315.2 1.34 9 600 4322 -2.2 -25.7 15 23.4 -8.8 269 37 313.5 313.7 287.5 316.2 0.79 10 550 5008 -6.1 -27.7 16 21.6 -11.6 285 45 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.3 0.71 11 500 5747 -10.9 -26.9 25 16.0 -15.0 284 59 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.6 0.84 12 450 6547 -16.7 -30.3 30 13.5 -19.6 275 64 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.68 13 400 7420 -23.3 -34.9 34 11.5 -25.2 275 65 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.49 14 350 8381 -30.7 -41.6 34 10.9 -31.9 289 69 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.28 15 300 9458 -39.0 -48.6 36 9.6 -39.6 295 89 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 16 250 10679 -48.6 -57.1 36 8.6 -48.8 291 89 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.07 17 200 12118 -57.1 -65.7 33 8.5 -57.3 268 78 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 13931 -59.3 -78.9 6 19.7 -59.5 289 67 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16433 -66.8 -83.6 8 16.9 -66.9 261 32 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.10 m Freezing level: 629.03 mb = 3951.20 m = 12963.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.29 mb = 2744.71 m = 9004.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.25 mb = 763.41 m = 2504.59 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 26.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1328.74 m = 4359.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 17.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1107.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.34 mb = 1124.87 m = 3690.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.34 mb = 2632.12 m = 8635.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.34 mb = 11522.93 m = 37804.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1097.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.34 mb = 14385.94 m = 47197.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 249.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 10.03 Bulk Shear: 110.40 m/s