MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-93.90 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 1 950 441 SFC 948 458 16.7 15.5 93 1.2 16.0 159 10 294.3 296.4 291.2 328.0 11.78 3 900 904 18.7 13.4 71 5.4 15.3 185 39 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.5 10.76 4 850 1396 19.3 1.2 30 18.1 9.5 217 47 306.3 307.3 289.2 321.4 4.90 5 800 1914 15.7 -4.9 24 20.5 5.7 230 45 307.9 308.5 288.2 318.3 3.33 6 750 2456 10.7 -6.1 30 16.8 2.9 236 41 308.2 308.8 288.2 318.4 3.24 7 700 3025 5.4 -7.4 39 12.8 -0.3 246 38 308.5 309.1 288.2 318.4 3.13 8 650 3624 -0.3 -8.4 54 8.2 -3.7 250 41 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.5 3.11 9 600 4257 -6.0 -10.0 73 4.0 -7.5 249 49 309.2 309.7 288.3 318.7 2.99 10 550 4932 -11.7 -12.6 93 0.9 -12.0 248 55 310.2 310.7 288.3 318.7 2.65 11 500 5656 -14.7 -24.1 45 9.4 -17.0 261 64 315.1 315.3 288.3 318.8 1.09 12 450 6447 -19.2 -33.5 27 14.3 -21.8 263 79 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.50 13 400 7312 -25.4 -37.7 31 12.3 -27.1 264 86 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.37 14 350 8269 -31.0 -44.5 25 13.6 -32.3 271 107 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.21 15 300 9346 -38.7 -53.6 19 14.9 -39.5 275 123 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 16 250 10569 -49.0 -58.4 32 9.4 -49.3 281 114 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.06 17 200 12007 -55.6 -66.3 25 10.7 -55.8 253 99 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13852 -53.9 -80.0 3 26.1 -54.3 263 58 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16406 -61.6 -83.9 4 22.3 -61.8 233 19 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.35 m Freezing level: 652.22 mb = 3597.11 m = 11801.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.32 mb = 2973.83 m = 9756.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.61 mb = 608.21 m = 1995.42 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.71 mb = 2738.49 m = 8984.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.96 C Cross Totals Index: 15.87 C K Index: 22.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 421.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 309.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.74 mb = 1852.54 m = 6077.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.74 mb = 3491.21 m = 11453.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.74 mb = 8052.74 m = 26419.42 ft B at Equ Level: 418.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.74 mb = 11370.93 m = 37305.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 712.5 neg: -11.0 tot: 701.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 233.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 251.01 m/s