MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.80,-93.98 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 965 357 20.2 18.2 88 2.1 18.8 174 12 296.4 298.8 293.3 335.9 13.72 2 950 494 20.1 17.8 86 2.4 18.5 180 21 297.6 300.1 293.6 337.1 13.61 3 900 959 17.8 15.9 89 1.8 16.5 199 38 299.8 302.2 293.6 337.2 12.76 4 850 1450 17.4 12.2 71 5.2 14.0 227 45 304.4 306.3 293.3 335.8 10.53 5 800 1965 14.3 6.9 61 7.4 9.9 247 42 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.2 7.84 6 750 2507 10.0 2.1 58 7.9 5.7 258 42 307.5 308.6 290.5 325.8 5.96 7 700 3076 5.8 -2.4 55 8.2 1.7 259 43 308.9 309.7 289.7 323.1 4.56 8 650 3679 3.2 -9.7 38 12.9 -2.3 246 43 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.6 2.80 9 600 4323 -0.9 -16.1 30 15.3 -6.4 244 45 315.1 315.5 289.1 321.1 1.81 10 550 5011 -6.0 -20.7 30 14.7 -10.5 256 46 317.0 317.2 289.2 321.5 1.34 11 500 5749 -11.0 -21.3 43 10.2 -14.0 260 56 319.6 319.9 290.1 324.4 1.40 12 450 6549 -17.1 -21.5 69 4.4 -18.3 262 62 321.7 322.0 290.9 327.0 1.52 13 400 7421 -23.9 -26.1 82 2.3 -24.4 264 66 323.9 324.2 291.1 327.9 1.13 14 350 8380 -31.7 -35.6 68 4.0 -32.2 268 69 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.52 15 300 9452 -39.4 -41.9 77 2.5 -39.6 276 85 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.32 16 250 10672 -50.1 -50.6 94 0.5 -50.1 277 92 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.15 17 200 12102 -55.8 -63.9 35 8.2 -55.9 285 85 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 13919 -59.3 -78.3 7 19.0 -59.5 285 64 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16442 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.3 -65.4 304 48 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.91 m Freezing level: 610.57 mb = 4186.98 m = 13736.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.95 mb = 3324.54 m = 10907.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.54 mb = 616.55 m = 2022.77 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 16.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.85 mb = 1988.05 m = 6522.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 983.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.02 mb = 1132.38 m = 3715.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.02 mb = 2763.56 m = 9066.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.02 mb = 11289.75 m = 37039.40 ft B at Equ Level: 977.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.02 mb = 13629.64 m = 44716.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 588.6 neg: -14.1 tot: 574.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.56 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 193.89 m/s