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: 36.00,-93.84 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -93.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 950 489 16.6 15.9 96 0.7 16.1 267 8 294.0 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.01 2 950 491 16.5 15.6 95 0.8 15.9 268 10 293.9 296.0 291.0 327.7 11.83 3 900 949 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 273 23 295.1 297.0 290.5 325.6 10.59 4 850 1431 13.5 10.2 80 3.3 11.4 251 31 300.3 302.0 291.0 327.4 9.22 5 800 1941 11.8 7.3 74 4.4 9.2 243 43 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.8 8.06 6 750 2478 7.6 4.9 83 2.7 6.1 240 45 304.8 306.2 290.7 326.7 7.25 7 700 3043 4.4 4.0 97 0.4 4.2 224 45 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.7 7.33 8 650 3646 1.7 1.0 95 0.7 1.4 207 52 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.6 6.34 9 600 4288 -1.3 -3.3 87 1.9 -2.3 213 60 314.6 315.5 291.9 330.5 5.02 10 550 4977 -5.5 -8.1 81 2.7 -6.7 214 61 317.6 318.3 291.7 329.8 3.76 11 500 5719 -10.0 -12.5 81 2.6 -10.9 215 63 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.6 2.92 12 450 6525 -14.6 -15.8 90 1.2 -15.0 224 60 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.2 2.47 13 400 7408 -20.2 -23.7 74 3.5 -21.1 226 62 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.7 1.41 14 350 8383 -28.0 -32.5 65 4.6 -28.7 225 59 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.7 0.71 15 300 9471 -35.8 -40.2 64 4.4 -36.3 223 56 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.4 0.38 16 250 10714 -44.3 -53.7 35 9.4 -44.8 230 52 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.10 17 200 12184 -52.2 -69.8 10 17.5 -52.5 244 58 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13991 -62.8 -76.1 15 13.3 -62.9 261 62 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16456 -68.3 -83.7 9 15.3 -68.4 259 37 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.49 m Freezing level: 621.68 mb = 4009.69 m = 13155.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.18 mb = 3881.67 m = 12734.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.38 mb = 577.30 m = 1894.01 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 2.73 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2025.08 m = 6643.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 33.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6557.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.94 mb = 1091.74 m = 3581.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 7.4 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -108.3 tot: -85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 206.32 m/s