MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.38,-89.1 Latitude: 36.38 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 992 107 27.0 14.8 47 12.2 18.9 183 15 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.4 10.72 2 950 489 24.9 14.1 51 10.8 17.8 185 32 302.5 304.4 292.8 334.1 10.67 3 900 961 20.9 12.9 60 8.0 15.7 191 38 303.0 305.0 292.8 334.1 10.46 4 850 1452 16.9 11.5 71 5.3 13.4 200 37 303.8 305.7 292.7 333.9 10.09 5 800 1966 12.4 9.6 83 2.8 10.7 206 38 304.4 306.1 292.4 332.5 9.41 6 750 2504 7.9 7.8 99 0.1 7.9 211 43 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.9 8.89 7 700 3071 5.2 1.0 74 4.2 2.9 216 48 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.4 5.89 8 650 3675 3.1 -1.6 71 4.8 0.7 222 46 312.5 313.5 291.4 329.0 5.23 9 600 4320 -0.9 -4.1 79 3.2 -2.5 219 47 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.0 4.71 10 550 5009 -5.7 -10.2 70 4.5 -7.6 214 47 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.7 3.20 11 500 5749 -11.0 -14.0 79 2.9 -12.1 220 51 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.2 2.59 12 450 6553 -14.7 -15.1 97 0.4 -14.9 233 58 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.7 2.63 13 400 7435 -20.1 -20.3 99 0.1 -20.2 244 51 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.5 1.91 14 350 8412 -26.9 -27.0 99 0.1 -26.9 244 52 332.5 332.8 293.5 336.8 1.20 15 300 9506 -35.0 -35.2 98 0.2 -35.0 253 61 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.5 0.64 16 250 10752 -44.6 -44.8 98 0.1 -44.6 254 63 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.28 17 200 12207 -54.7 -57.4 72 2.6 -54.8 256 75 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14013 -62.0 -76.7 12 14.8 -62.1 254 63 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16480 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.8 -67.8 253 37 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.05 m Freezing level: 611.40 mb = 4172.81 m = 13690.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.68 mb = 3816.62 m = 12521.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.97 mb = 1654.47 m = 5427.98 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.74 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2130.56 m = 6989.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.75 mb = 1853.01 m = 6079.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.75 mb = 2440.43 m = 8006.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 675.75 mb = 3358.44 m = 11018.38 ft B at Equ Level: 21.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.75 mb = 8498.79 m = 27882.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 72.61 m/s