MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-93.19 Latitude: 33.98 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 50 SFC 995 91 20.1 19.3 95 0.9 19.5 89 4 293.7 296.2 292.9 334.3 14.26 2 950 497 22.6 17.1 71 5.4 18.9 170 11 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.3 13.05 3 900 967 20.0 14.5 71 5.5 16.4 207 22 302.1 304.3 293.4 336.5 11.64 4 850 1458 16.0 12.2 79 3.7 13.6 221 28 302.9 304.8 292.9 334.3 10.60 5 800 1971 13.4 2.6 48 10.8 7.5 232 31 305.4 306.5 289.6 323.0 5.76 6 750 2511 10.4 -10.8 21 21.2 1.5 243 29 307.9 308.3 287.1 315.1 2.24 7 700 3080 6.2 -13.9 22 20.2 -1.6 252 31 309.4 309.7 287.2 315.4 1.86 8 650 3682 2.8 -20.5 16 23.3 -4.8 265 37 312.2 312.4 287.4 316.0 1.15 9 600 4325 -1.3 -23.4 17 22.1 -7.9 263 40 314.6 314.8 288.1 317.9 0.97 10 550 5011 -6.5 -23.2 25 16.7 -11.3 271 44 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.1 1.07 11 500 5748 -11.6 -23.8 36 12.2 -14.9 275 55 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.8 1.12 12 450 6547 -16.6 -30.8 28 14.2 -19.6 274 66 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.7 0.65 13 400 7422 -22.6 -38.1 23 15.4 -25.0 275 70 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.36 14 350 8387 -30.0 -44.2 24 14.2 -31.5 286 78 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.21 15 300 9464 -39.2 -48.6 36 9.4 -39.8 293 85 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.16 16 250 10684 -49.6 -54.9 54 5.3 -49.7 291 91 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 12123 -56.4 -66.3 28 9.9 -56.6 272 79 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13950 -58.0 -79.2 5 21.2 -58.3 279 56 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16442 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.6 -65.3 290 29 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.75 m Freezing level: 615.66 mb = 4123.55 m = 13528.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.64 mb = 2783.10 m = 9130.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.98 mb = 199.88 m = 655.76 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 23.25 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1698.12 m = 5571.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 19.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.83 mb = 1113.03 m = 3651.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.83 mb = 2964.79 m = 9726.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.83 mb = 11226.34 m = 36831.37 ft B at Equ Level: 878.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.83 mb = 13547.23 m = 44445.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 362.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 171.85 m/s