MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.14,-93.70 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 983 227 18.0 15.9 87 2.1 16.6 160 3 292.6 294.6 290.4 325.5 11.61 2 950 521 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 207 21 298.0 300.2 292.7 333.7 12.32 3 900 989 19.5 15.9 80 3.5 17.1 225 30 301.6 303.9 294.1 339.1 12.75 4 850 1479 16.7 12.6 77 4.1 14.0 231 27 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.9 10.83 5 800 1994 13.6 8.2 70 5.4 10.3 236 23 305.7 307.3 292.1 331.5 8.57 6 750 2536 11.7 2.0 51 9.7 6.3 236 18 309.2 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.90 7 700 3110 8.8 -3.9 40 12.7 2.5 210 13 312.2 313.0 290.3 325.2 4.08 8 650 3718 3.7 -2.1 66 5.8 0.8 221 15 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.1 5.05 9 600 4363 -0.8 -11.2 45 10.5 -5.0 220 21 315.2 315.8 290.0 324.1 2.70 10 550 5051 -6.0 -13.7 54 7.7 -8.8 225 25 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.0 2.42 11 500 5790 -11.3 -20.8 45 9.5 -14.1 230 30 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.2 1.46 12 450 6590 -15.5 -30.2 27 14.8 -18.7 240 32 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.69 13 400 7472 -20.1 -42.1 12 22.0 -23.4 243 42 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.23 14 350 8445 -28.5 -44.9 19 16.3 -30.3 247 47 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.20 15 300 9531 -36.5 -47.8 30 11.4 -37.4 257 60 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.17 16 250 10767 -46.9 -52.1 55 5.2 -47.1 257 65 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12221 -52.3 -68.5 13 16.2 -52.7 255 82 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14039 -61.8 -77.8 10 16.0 -61.9 258 70 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -70.9 -83.2 15 12.3 -70.9 247 42 390.7 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.39 m Freezing level: 608.39 mb = 4254.90 m = 13959.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.26 mb = 3802.14 m = 12474.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.83 mb = 494.96 m = 1623.87 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.44 mb = 2010.34 m = 6595.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 269.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.41 mb = 1148.33 m = 3767.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.41 mb = 4384.10 m = 14383.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.41 mb = 7316.63 m = 24004.41 ft B at Equ Level: 169.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.41 mb = 11355.64 m = 37255.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.4 neg: -21.8 tot: 125.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 19.10 Bulk Shear: 9.21 m/s