MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 35.01,-91.93 Latitude: 35.01 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 999 90 17.1 16.3 95 0.7 16.6 130 4 290.3 292.4 289.8 323.4 11.77 2 950 521 17.7 16.6 94 1.1 17.0 210 17 295.2 297.4 292.1 331.4 12.64 3 900 983 15.8 12.5 81 3.3 13.7 245 24 297.8 299.6 291.0 327.4 10.18 4 850 1466 12.3 9.1 81 3.2 10.4 251 27 299.0 300.6 290.0 324.2 8.59 5 800 1972 9.1 5.0 75 4.1 6.8 249 29 300.9 302.1 289.1 321.3 6.85 6 750 2505 7.0 -1.0 57 8.0 3.0 235 37 304.2 305.1 288.3 318.7 4.74 7 700 3070 4.9 -7.6 40 12.5 -0.6 235 45 307.9 308.5 287.9 317.6 3.08 8 650 3671 2.1 -14.7 28 16.8 -4.2 237 46 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.4 1.87 9 600 4312 -1.7 -21.5 20 19.9 -7.8 243 45 314.2 314.4 288.1 318.0 1.14 10 550 4998 -6.5 -27.4 17 20.8 -11.9 248 45 316.3 316.5 288.4 318.9 0.74 11 500 5734 -12.3 -35.5 13 23.2 -16.7 251 45 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.37 12 450 6528 -19.0 -38.9 16 19.9 -22.0 251 43 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.4 0.29 13 400 7393 -25.8 -45.3 14 19.5 -27.9 248 37 321.5 321.5 289.4 322.1 0.17 14 350 8346 -32.7 -54.0 10 21.3 -34.1 239 40 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.07 15 300 9415 -39.2 -61.2 8 22.0 -40.1 237 69 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.03 16 250 10644 -46.6 -66.3 9 19.7 -47.1 234 86 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.02 17 200 12095 -54.7 -70.3 13 15.6 -54.9 240 89 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 13913 -59.6 -79.2 6 19.6 -59.8 243 68 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16404 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.4 -64.7 258 48 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.40 m Freezing level: 622.16 mb = 4028.14 m = 13215.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.92 mb = 2978.02 m = 9770.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.42 mb = 180.65 m = 592.69 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1183.58 m = 3883.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 21.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.50 mb = 734.87 m = 2410.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.50 mb = 1853.05 m = 6079.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.50 mb = 2165.32 m = 7103.98 ft B at Equ Level: 29.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 671.50 mb = 3407.23 m = 11178.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 110.27 m/s