MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-92.48 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 982 165 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 202 9 293.8 296.1 292.2 331.8 13.32 2 950 449 18.2 17.1 93 1.1 17.5 201 27 295.7 298.0 292.6 333.2 13.05 3 900 914 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 220 44 300.6 302.8 293.4 336.3 12.16 4 850 1404 18.0 10.2 60 7.8 13.1 232 51 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.7 9.23 5 800 1921 15.4 1.2 38 14.2 7.7 239 49 307.6 308.5 289.9 323.6 5.20 6 750 2464 11.0 -4.9 33 15.8 3.4 241 47 308.5 309.1 288.6 319.6 3.55 7 700 3033 5.9 -7.2 39 13.1 0.0 243 46 309.0 309.6 288.4 319.1 3.19 8 650 3634 0.6 -8.8 49 9.4 -3.4 246 46 309.6 310.2 288.5 319.2 3.02 9 600 4270 -4.6 -11.7 57 7.1 -7.3 245 49 310.8 311.3 288.5 319.2 2.60 10 550 4950 -7.8 -22.3 30 14.4 -12.0 251 58 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.7 1.16 11 500 5686 -10.9 -28.3 22 17.4 -15.1 261 75 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.74 12 450 6488 -15.7 -35.0 17 19.2 -19.4 263 83 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.1 0.44 13 400 7364 -22.5 -40.7 17 18.2 -25.0 268 87 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.27 14 350 8329 -30.1 -46.2 19 16.1 -31.7 267 101 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.8 0.17 15 300 9405 -39.4 -49.4 34 10.0 -40.0 272 111 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.5 0.14 16 250 10625 -49.3 -57.4 38 8.1 -49.6 281 110 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.07 17 200 12055 -58.4 -64.6 44 6.3 -58.5 258 85 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 13881 -56.7 -79.1 4 22.5 -57.0 267 65 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16406 -61.7 -83.9 4 22.2 -61.9 237 26 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.94 m Freezing level: 644.36 mb = 3705.70 m = 12157.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.71 mb = 3036.76 m = 9963.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.35 mb = 302.58 m = 992.71 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.22 mb = 2153.19 m = 7064.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.21 C = 91.78 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 564.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.97 mb = 904.38 m = 2967.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.97 mb = 3080.21 m = 10105.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.97 mb = 10995.43 m = 36073.80 ft B at Equ Level: 556.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.97 mb = 13238.86 m = 43434.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 515.8 neg: -7.5 tot: 508.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 3.24 Bulk Shear: 174.28 m/s