MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-92.88 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 988 162 17.5 16.6 94 0.9 16.9 154 0 291.6 293.8 290.5 325.9 12.11 2 950 499 16.6 14.2 86 2.4 15.0 306 10 294.0 295.9 290.2 324.8 10.75 3 900 960 16.8 11.4 70 5.5 13.4 270 31 298.9 300.6 290.7 326.4 9.43 4 850 1448 16.7 8.6 59 8.0 11.8 260 49 303.6 305.1 291.3 328.4 8.29 5 800 1962 13.2 5.1 58 8.1 8.6 256 54 305.3 306.5 290.6 326.2 6.91 6 750 2501 9.3 2.7 63 6.6 5.6 250 57 306.6 307.8 290.5 325.5 6.20 7 700 3070 5.5 1.5 75 4.0 3.3 243 58 308.6 309.7 290.9 327.3 6.09 8 650 3672 1.8 -1.8 77 3.6 -0.0 240 58 311.0 311.9 290.9 327.0 5.14 9 600 4313 -2.4 -5.3 81 2.9 -3.7 237 61 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.1 4.31 10 550 4999 -6.3 -11.3 67 5.1 -8.3 228 63 316.6 317.2 290.6 326.1 2.92 11 500 5739 -10.4 -14.6 71 4.2 -11.9 232 65 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.47 12 450 6543 -14.8 -20.6 62 5.7 -16.5 235 59 324.6 324.9 291.8 330.3 1.66 13 400 7427 -19.6 -27.1 51 7.5 -21.3 228 60 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.3 1.04 14 350 8406 -26.0 -37.7 33 11.6 -27.8 221 54 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.3 0.43 15 300 9506 -33.5 -50.9 16 17.3 -35.0 217 50 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 16 250 10761 -42.2 -58.2 16 16.0 -43.0 229 40 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.06 17 200 12234 -53.0 -68.8 13 15.8 -53.3 225 43 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14044 -63.5 -76.2 16 12.7 -63.6 249 55 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16484 -69.1 -83.6 10 14.5 -69.2 254 37 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.09 m Freezing level: 628.58 mb = 3946.77 m = 12948.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.58 mb = 3664.81 m = 12023.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.17 mb = 275.23 m = 902.98 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 2.85 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.43 mb = 2331.01 m = 7647.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: 2.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7387.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.27 mb = 1033.56 m = 3390.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 8.3 tot: 11.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.6 neg: -147.8 tot: -80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 310.56 m/s