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: 35.39,-90.20 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -90.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 996 77 27.3 13.5 43 13.8 18.4 197 14 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.8 9.83 2 950 495 25.8 12.3 43 13.5 17.1 199 32 303.4 305.1 292.2 331.7 9.51 3 900 967 21.7 11.8 53 9.8 15.3 202 40 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.8 9.71 4 850 1460 17.1 11.0 67 6.1 13.2 203 43 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.2 9.74 5 800 1973 12.5 9.6 83 2.9 10.7 205 44 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.8 9.45 6 750 2512 8.7 7.6 93 1.1 8.1 215 41 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.6 8.80 7 700 3081 5.5 4.4 92 1.1 4.9 226 41 308.6 310.0 292.1 331.5 7.50 8 650 3685 2.6 -1.4 75 4.0 0.5 228 45 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.5 5.30 9 600 4328 -1.4 -5.9 71 4.5 -3.5 220 47 314.5 315.3 291.0 327.6 4.10 10 550 5016 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.1 -7.2 215 48 317.1 317.7 291.3 328.4 3.50 11 500 5757 -10.3 -12.1 87 1.8 -11.0 220 53 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.5 3.02 12 450 6562 -14.6 -15.2 95 0.7 -14.8 229 54 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.7 2.60 13 400 7445 -20.0 -20.2 98 0.2 -20.1 237 54 329.0 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.91 14 350 8422 -26.7 -26.7 99 0.1 -26.6 243 54 332.8 333.1 293.6 337.3 1.23 15 300 9518 -34.3 -34.3 100 0.0 -34.3 252 58 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.6 0.70 16 250 10768 -43.7 -44.8 89 1.1 -43.7 251 62 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.2 0.28 17 200 12228 -55.1 -56.0 90 0.8 -55.2 252 70 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 18 150 14035 -62.2 -76.6 13 14.4 -62.3 255 55 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16492 -68.6 -83.4 10 14.8 -68.7 249 38 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.42 m Freezing level: 617.37 mb = 4104.65 m = 13466.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.18 mb = 3769.56 m = 12367.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.14 mb = 1824.96 m = 5987.32 ft T: 13.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 5.51 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2466.76 m = 8092.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.84 mb = 2112.02 m = 6929.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.84 mb = 4989.70 m = 16370.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.84 mb = 5424.55 m = 17796.87 ft B at Equ Level: 11.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 461.84 mb = 6363.63 m = 20877.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 57.10 m/s