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: 34.72,-92.86 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 986 163 23.6 20.3 82 3.3 21.3 208 10 297.9 300.7 294.9 342.5 15.35 2 950 491 22.8 17.9 74 4.9 19.4 208 28 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.4 13.67 3 900 960 19.2 16.1 82 3.1 17.1 208 34 301.3 303.7 294.1 339.3 12.91 4 850 1450 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.8 209 36 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.5 12.11 5 800 1963 12.8 11.9 94 0.9 12.2 213 38 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.7 11.01 6 750 2503 9.9 8.8 93 1.0 9.2 219 40 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.2 9.55 7 700 3074 6.5 5.0 91 1.4 5.6 222 43 309.7 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.86 8 650 3678 2.7 1.7 93 1.0 2.1 221 45 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.7 6.67 9 600 4322 -0.9 -1.6 95 0.7 -1.3 220 46 315.0 316.1 292.5 333.0 5.68 10 550 5011 -4.8 -5.5 95 0.7 -5.1 221 47 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.4 4.63 11 500 5754 -9.1 -9.7 95 0.7 -9.4 228 51 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.0 3.65 12 450 6561 -13.7 -14.2 96 0.5 -13.9 235 53 326.0 326.6 293.2 335.6 2.83 13 400 7445 -19.2 -19.3 100 0.0 -19.3 240 55 330.0 330.4 293.6 337.2 2.08 14 350 8423 -26.2 -26.2 100 0.0 -26.2 244 58 333.5 333.8 293.9 338.2 1.29 15 300 9518 -34.3 -34.3 100 -0.0 -34.3 246 62 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.6 0.70 16 250 10766 -44.4 -44.7 97 0.3 -44.4 243 57 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.29 17 200 12226 -53.5 -65.0 23 11.5 -53.7 256 61 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14036 -63.1 -76.3 15 13.1 -63.3 258 61 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16482 -70.6 -83.4 13 12.9 -70.6 258 37 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.38 m Freezing level: 613.00 mb = 4154.29 m = 13629.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.67 mb = 4075.20 m = 13369.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.69 mb = 585.46 m = 1920.77 ft T: 22.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1386.87 m = 4550.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.60 mb = 1117.52 m = 3666.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.60 mb = 1872.35 m = 6142.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.60 mb = 10274.95 m = 33710.05 ft B at Equ Level: 487.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.60 mb = 13300.24 m = 43635.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 9.46 Bulk Shear: 51.72 m/s