MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-93.51 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 488 SFC 943 549 20.2 17.4 84 2.9 18.3 188 13 298.3 300.7 293.6 337.1 13.34 3 900 956 18.2 15.8 86 2.5 16.6 197 36 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.3 12.61 4 850 1444 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 206 48 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.3 11.53 5 800 1956 11.9 10.6 91 1.3 11.1 217 53 303.9 305.7 292.8 334.0 10.08 6 750 2496 10.2 4.3 66 6.0 6.8 228 49 307.7 309.0 291.4 328.9 6.94 7 700 3068 7.8 -10.0 27 17.8 0.1 234 52 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.3 2.54 8 650 3673 3.7 -15.0 24 18.7 -3.4 239 52 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.1 1.83 9 600 4318 -0.6 -13.7 37 13.0 -5.7 249 51 315.4 315.8 289.6 322.7 2.22 10 550 5007 -4.8 -27.5 15 22.7 -10.8 254 55 318.4 318.6 289.0 321.0 0.73 11 500 5750 -9.4 -39.0 7 29.6 -15.0 254 60 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.26 12 450 6553 -15.8 -39.4 11 23.6 -19.7 250 61 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.28 13 400 7428 -22.9 -39.2 21 16.2 -25.3 247 64 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.32 14 350 8390 -31.2 -43.0 31 11.7 -32.4 247 70 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.25 15 300 9461 -40.5 -46.6 52 6.1 -40.9 249 76 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.19 16 250 10675 -50.5 -54.1 65 3.6 -50.7 250 83 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 17 200 12103 -58.1 -63.7 49 5.6 -58.2 244 72 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 18 150 13908 -59.6 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.8 262 44 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16415 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 259 42 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.51 m Freezing level: 607.44 mb = 4221.63 m = 13850.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.08 mb = 3089.98 m = 10137.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.29 mb = 914.64 m = 3000.76 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.13 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1590.88 m = 5219.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 20.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.03 mb = 1323.95 m = 4343.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.03 mb = 3710.17 m = 12172.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.03 mb = 11579.92 m = 37991.40 ft B at Equ Level: 867.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.03 mb = 14031.31 m = 46033.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 608.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 608.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 170.41 m/s