MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 34.02,-93.30 Latitude: 34.02 Longitude: -93.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 106 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 143 5 292.4 294.7 291.4 328.9 12.88 1 1000 108 20.2 17.5 85 2.7 18.4 146 6 293.4 295.6 291.6 329.5 12.70 2 950 554 22.0 15.5 66 6.6 17.7 175 29 299.5 301.7 292.7 333.7 11.70 3 900 1022 18.9 13.9 72 5.1 15.7 188 30 301.0 303.1 292.7 333.9 11.15 4 850 1511 15.7 10.8 73 4.9 12.6 207 29 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.2 9.62 5 800 2023 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.2 223 29 303.6 305.3 292.0 330.9 9.17 6 750 2560 8.1 8.0 99 0.1 8.1 233 29 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.6 9.03 7 700 3128 4.7 3.0 89 1.7 3.7 223 24 307.7 308.9 291.3 328.4 6.79 8 650 3731 2.8 -0.9 76 3.7 0.8 230 28 312.1 313.2 291.5 329.4 5.51 9 600 4375 -1.7 -3.2 89 1.5 -2.5 246 33 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.0 5.02 10 550 5061 -6.8 -12.3 65 5.5 -8.9 253 34 316.0 316.5 290.2 324.8 2.71 11 500 5798 -11.6 -18.5 56 6.9 -13.8 245 39 318.9 319.2 290.2 324.9 1.77 12 450 6597 -16.7 -20.3 74 3.6 -17.7 240 47 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.70 13 400 7473 -22.1 -23.4 90 1.2 -22.4 247 49 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.3 1.45 14 350 8441 -29.2 -30.8 86 1.6 -29.5 249 50 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.84 15 300 9524 -37.5 -39.1 85 1.6 -37.7 250 61 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.1 0.43 16 250 10755 -47.6 -47.6 99 0.1 -47.6 254 66 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.21 17 200 12189 -59.6 -59.8 97 0.2 -59.6 249 64 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 18 150 13965 -63.5 -77.8 13 14.2 -63.6 247 57 360.6 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16438 -64.6 -84.0 5 19.3 -64.8 259 38 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.17 m Freezing level: 619.14 mb = 4128.39 m = 13544.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3888.36 m = 12756.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.86 mb = 293.74 m = 963.69 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 4.17 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.51 mb = 1809.15 m = 5935.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 198.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.77 mb = 1226.18 m = 4022.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.77 mb = 2628.79 m = 8624.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 673.77 mb = 3438.65 m = 11281.52 ft B at Equ Level: 39.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.77 mb = 11467.06 m = 37621.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.4 neg: -22.9 tot: 297.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 83.87 m/s