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: 36.51,-90.76 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 991 121 27.2 16.4 52 10.8 19.9 194 14 301.2 303.3 293.4 336.3 11.95 2 950 492 24.7 14.9 54 9.9 18.1 197 28 302.3 304.3 293.2 335.5 11.25 3 900 963 20.3 13.9 67 6.4 16.1 199 31 302.4 304.4 293.2 335.3 11.13 4 850 1453 15.7 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 201 32 302.6 304.6 293.1 335.2 11.01 5 800 1965 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 204 32 303.4 305.4 293.0 334.7 10.51 6 750 2503 8.6 8.5 99 0.1 8.5 213 33 305.9 307.6 292.8 334.0 9.32 7 700 3072 5.5 3.9 90 1.6 4.6 219 33 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.26 8 650 3675 2.6 -1.1 77 3.7 0.7 217 38 311.9 312.9 291.4 328.8 5.42 9 600 4319 -1.1 -4.2 79 3.2 -2.6 215 42 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.7 4.66 10 550 5008 -6.0 -9.5 76 3.5 -7.5 214 45 317.0 317.6 291.2 328.0 3.39 11 500 5746 -11.4 -12.6 91 1.2 -11.8 219 49 319.2 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.91 12 450 6547 -15.9 -19.3 75 3.4 -17.0 226 56 323.2 323.6 291.6 329.5 1.84 13 400 7426 -20.9 -21.4 96 0.5 -21.0 235 64 327.8 328.2 292.7 333.9 1.73 14 350 8401 -27.1 -27.1 100 0.0 -27.1 248 69 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.5 1.18 15 300 9493 -35.6 -35.6 99 0.1 -35.5 252 70 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.6 0.61 16 250 10733 -45.9 -46.0 100 0.0 -45.9 256 54 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.8 0.25 17 200 12179 -56.7 -58.5 80 1.8 -56.7 252 67 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 18 150 13988 -60.2 -78.4 7 18.2 -60.3 257 58 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16456 -68.2 -83.6 9 15.4 -68.3 252 41 395.9 395.9 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.16 m Freezing level: 614.75 mb = 4129.17 m = 13546.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.88 mb = 3801.58 m = 12472.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.79 mb = 1485.25 m = 4872.81 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.50 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1834.33 m = 6018.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.83 mb = 1696.88 m = 5567.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.83 mb = 2061.34 m = 6762.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.83 mb = 8178.45 m = 26831.87 ft B at Equ Level: 282.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.83 mb = 11836.74 m = 38833.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 8.10 Bulk Shear: 35.05 m/s