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: 34.88,-92.92 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -92.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 985 168 23.3 20.4 83 3.0 21.3 211 11 297.8 300.6 295.0 342.6 15.48 2 950 486 21.9 18.3 80 3.6 19.4 211 29 299.4 301.9 294.4 340.3 14.04 3 900 953 18.5 16.4 88 2.1 17.1 211 36 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.2 13.14 4 850 1442 15.4 14.4 94 0.9 14.8 211 39 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.5 12.25 5 800 1955 12.7 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 213 41 304.6 306.7 293.8 337.8 11.10 6 750 2494 9.8 9.0 95 0.8 9.3 217 43 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.3 9.63 7 700 3064 6.5 5.6 94 0.9 5.9 218 45 309.7 311.2 293.0 334.7 8.16 8 650 3668 2.9 2.3 96 0.6 2.6 218 46 312.3 313.6 292.8 334.0 6.98 9 600 4312 -0.5 -1.0 97 0.5 -0.8 219 46 315.5 316.7 292.9 334.3 5.94 10 550 5002 -4.1 -4.7 96 0.6 -4.4 222 47 319.2 320.1 293.0 335.0 4.90 11 500 5746 -8.2 -8.8 96 0.6 -8.5 228 48 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.0 3.93 12 450 6554 -12.7 -13.2 96 0.5 -12.9 235 49 327.3 327.9 293.7 337.7 3.08 13 400 7440 -18.2 -18.3 99 0.1 -18.2 241 50 331.3 331.8 294.1 339.2 2.27 14 350 8420 -25.3 -25.3 100 0.0 -25.3 246 52 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.7 1.39 15 300 9518 -33.9 -33.9 100 -0.0 -33.9 249 56 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.3 0.72 16 250 10765 -45.0 -45.1 98 0.1 -45.0 245 56 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.3 0.27 17 200 12221 -54.0 -64.0 28 10.0 -54.2 257 62 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14029 -63.1 -76.2 15 13.1 -63.2 259 61 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16478 -70.7 -83.5 13 12.8 -70.8 256 38 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.20 m Freezing level: 607.62 mb = 4213.99 m = 13825.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.78 mb = 4155.82 m = 13634.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.81 mb = 542.13 m = 1778.63 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1222.90 m = 4012.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.28 mb = 988.88 m = 3244.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.28 mb = 1630.35 m = 5348.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.28 mb = 10729.81 m = 35202.35 ft B at Equ Level: 304.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.28 mb = 12838.67 m = 42121.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 6.51 Bulk Shear: 47.01 m/s