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: 33.86,-92.01 Latitude: 33.86 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 1000 73 24.8 19.5 73 5.2 21.1 213 6 298.0 300.6 294.3 339.9 14.44 2 950 517 21.1 16.9 77 4.2 18.2 217 17 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.0 12.87 3 900 983 17.4 15.2 87 2.2 16.0 223 23 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.9 12.13 4 850 1470 13.9 13.4 97 0.5 13.6 228 24 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.3 11.43 5 800 1980 11.1 9.2 88 1.9 9.9 240 26 302.9 304.6 291.7 330.2 9.16 6 750 2517 9.4 -5.5 34 14.9 2.5 248 31 306.8 307.4 287.9 317.4 3.38 7 700 3085 4.8 -9.7 34 14.5 -1.3 245 31 307.8 308.2 287.4 316.0 2.61 8 650 3683 0.2 -18.7 23 18.9 -6.0 252 33 309.2 309.5 286.6 313.7 1.35 9 600 4320 -3.4 -21.6 23 18.2 -8.9 259 37 312.1 312.4 287.4 315.9 1.13 10 550 5002 -7.3 -27.3 19 19.9 -12.4 274 39 315.4 315.5 288.1 317.9 0.74 11 500 5738 -11.7 -27.6 26 15.9 -15.6 283 55 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.5 0.79 12 450 6536 -17.3 -28.7 36 11.4 -19.8 276 65 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.3 0.79 13 400 7408 -23.7 -34.6 36 10.9 -25.5 273 67 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.1 0.51 14 350 8368 -30.8 -41.7 34 10.9 -32.0 291 73 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 15 300 9444 -39.1 -48.0 38 8.9 -39.7 295 93 330.2 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 16 250 10665 -48.6 -57.1 37 8.5 -48.9 295 91 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.07 17 200 12103 -56.5 -66.0 29 9.6 -56.6 267 87 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13918 -60.0 -77.9 8 17.9 -60.2 284 66 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16426 -66.1 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.2 259 43 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.79 m Freezing level: 646.71 mb = 3724.85 m = 12220.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.92 mb = 2888.20 m = 9475.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.95 mb = 738.08 m = 2421.50 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 26.19 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.61 mb = 1187.92 m = 3897.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 24.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1046.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.86 mb = 1022.46 m = 3354.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.86 mb = 1361.76 m = 4467.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.86 mb = 11178.55 m = 36674.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.86 mb = 13882.37 m = 45545.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 174.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 13.28 Bulk Shear: 78.83 m/s