MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-93.74 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 980 227 23.4 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 179 8 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.3 15.49 2 950 501 21.8 18.3 80 3.5 19.4 184 21 299.3 301.9 294.4 340.3 14.04 3 900 968 17.8 16.7 94 1.0 17.1 188 30 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.2 13.45 4 850 1456 14.6 13.9 96 0.7 14.2 196 40 301.5 303.6 293.4 336.4 11.85 5 800 1968 14.0 6.3 60 7.7 9.4 215 48 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.7 7.48 6 750 2510 10.7 5.6 71 5.1 7.7 222 46 308.2 309.6 292.1 331.4 7.61 7 700 3082 6.6 2.4 74 4.2 4.3 227 46 309.8 311.1 291.7 329.9 6.51 8 650 3686 2.3 -1.7 75 4.1 0.3 232 48 311.6 312.6 291.1 327.8 5.19 9 600 4329 -0.6 -20.2 21 19.7 -7.0 240 48 315.4 315.7 288.6 319.8 1.28 10 550 5020 -4.1 -18.4 32 14.3 -8.9 247 52 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.8 1.63 11 500 5764 -9.6 -18.6 47 9.1 -12.5 253 53 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.4 1.75 12 450 6568 -15.3 -32.5 21 17.2 -18.8 253 54 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.55 13 400 7446 -22.1 -36.5 26 14.3 -24.5 255 61 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.8 0.42 14 350 8410 -30.7 -40.0 40 9.3 -31.8 254 64 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.34 15 300 9483 -40.3 -43.0 75 2.8 -40.5 249 65 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.29 16 250 10698 -50.3 -52.3 79 2.0 -50.3 251 71 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.12 17 200 12126 -59.1 -63.9 54 4.8 -59.2 259 67 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 13928 -59.2 -78.5 7 19.2 -59.5 261 43 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16422 -64.5 -83.6 6 19.1 -64.7 264 39 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.65 m Freezing level: 610.03 mb = 4199.93 m = 13779.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.25 mb = 3707.84 m = 12164.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.82 mb = 621.31 m = 2038.40 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1076.01 m = 3530.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.64 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1380.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.47 mb = 982.48 m = 3223.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.47 mb = 1223.19 m = 4013.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 823.47 mb = 1723.67 m = 5655.01 ft B at Equ Level: 9.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 783.47 mb = 2143.56 m = 7032.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 506.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 506.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 155.16 m/s