MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.00,-93.85 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 998 82 26.1 22.1 79 4.0 23.2 226 9 299.4 302.6 296.5 349.3 17.05 2 950 513 23.0 19.2 79 3.8 20.4 223 22 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.4 14.94 3 900 983 19.5 17.5 88 2.0 18.2 221 25 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.4 14.16 4 850 1475 16.9 15.4 91 1.5 15.9 219 27 303.8 306.2 295.0 342.6 13.05 5 800 1990 13.9 13.0 95 0.9 13.3 222 29 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.5 11.85 6 750 2533 10.5 9.9 96 0.6 10.2 227 31 308.0 309.9 294.1 339.2 10.27 7 700 3105 6.9 5.4 90 1.5 6.1 228 34 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.9 8.07 8 650 3711 3.1 1.0 86 2.2 2.0 226 36 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.3 6.34 9 600 4356 -0.8 -2.5 89 1.6 -1.7 227 41 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.1 5.33 10 550 5046 -5.2 -6.4 92 1.1 -5.8 229 46 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.8 4.32 11 500 5788 -10.0 -11.2 91 1.2 -10.5 233 50 320.8 321.5 292.2 331.6 3.25 12 450 6593 -15.0 -17.6 80 2.6 -15.9 238 55 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.13 13 400 7474 -20.3 -24.2 71 3.9 -21.3 238 62 328.6 328.8 292.6 333.3 1.35 14 350 8451 -26.4 -35.0 44 8.6 -27.8 243 71 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.2 0.56 15 300 9547 -34.1 -43.6 38 9.5 -35.1 246 74 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.27 16 250 10802 -41.8 -50.2 40 8.3 -42.4 247 66 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.16 17 200 12278 -52.0 -62.1 29 10.0 -52.3 254 68 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.05 18 150 14088 -64.0 -77.6 14 13.6 -64.1 256 62 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16507 -71.8 -82.9 17 11.1 -71.8 264 39 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.04 m Freezing level: 610.39 mb = 4221.86 m = 13851.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.11 mb = 4051.34 m = 13291.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.85 mb = 588.21 m = 1929.78 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 17.68 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1225.32 m = 4020.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 40.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1213.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.36 mb = 960.33 m = 3150.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.36 mb = 1704.16 m = 5591.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.36 mb = 10871.86 m = 35668.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1211.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.36 mb = 15063.99 m = 49421.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 27.49 Bulk Shear: 44.16 m/s