MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.34,-90.36 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 21.1 14.9 68 6.1 17.1 168 9 294.3 296.2 290.3 325.1 10.75 2 950 522 16.7 13.0 79 3.7 14.4 167 13 294.2 295.9 289.6 322.7 9.94 3 900 980 12.7 11.5 92 1.2 12.0 166 15 294.6 296.3 289.3 322.0 9.51 4 850 1459 10.5 8.0 84 2.5 9.0 167 18 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.3 7.94 5 800 1962 7.3 4.6 83 2.8 5.8 168 19 299.0 300.2 288.3 318.6 6.64 6 750 2491 4.0 -0.5 72 4.5 1.8 167 21 300.9 301.8 287.3 315.7 4.93 7 700 3048 -0.1 -4.5 72 4.5 -2.0 168 22 302.4 303.1 286.9 314.3 3.91 8 650 3637 -4.0 -8.3 72 4.3 -5.7 170 24 304.4 305.0 286.8 314.2 3.14 9 600 4264 -8.1 -13.0 68 4.9 -9.8 173 25 306.8 307.2 286.8 314.2 2.34 10 550 4934 -12.7 -18.7 61 6.0 -14.5 177 23 309.0 309.3 286.8 314.1 1.58 11 500 5653 -17.9 -23.5 62 5.6 -19.2 186 21 311.2 311.4 287.1 315.0 1.15 12 450 6432 -23.9 -28.0 69 4.1 -24.7 194 18 313.2 313.3 287.4 316.0 0.85 13 400 7280 -30.4 -32.3 84 1.8 -30.7 179 14 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.7 0.64 14 350 8217 -36.5 -37.3 93 0.8 -36.6 168 24 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.1 0.44 15 300 9268 -43.8 -46.7 73 2.8 -44.0 176 31 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.19 16 250 10483 -46.3 -67.6 7 21.2 -46.9 201 43 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.02 17 200 11961 -47.1 -77.1 2 29.9 -47.8 223 48 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 18 150 13848 -51.8 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.4 229 40 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16430 -59.8 -84.0 3 24.2 -60.2 227 35 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.31 m Freezing level: 700.71 mb = 3039.73 m = 9972.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.66 mb = 2745.83 m = 9008.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.29 % Est. max temperature: 23.96 C = 75.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.53 mb = 863.05 m = 2831.51 ft T: 13.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.93 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1141.80 m = 3746.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.26 C = 72.07 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 598.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.06 mb = 998.29 m = 3275.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.06 mb = 1930.31 m = 6332.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.06 mb = 8977.00 m = 29451.74 ft B at Equ Level: 595.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.06 mb = 10947.53 m = 35916.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.6 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 202.6 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 56.24 Bulk Shear: 10.65 m/s