MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.8,-93.35 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 958 394 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 181 9 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.4 13.84 2 950 469 19.0 17.9 93 1.1 18.2 185 18 296.5 298.9 293.3 335.9 13.67 3 900 933 16.7 15.5 92 1.2 15.9 197 33 298.7 301.0 293.0 334.8 12.39 4 850 1419 14.1 12.8 92 1.3 13.3 208 40 300.9 302.9 292.6 333.3 10.99 5 800 1929 11.1 9.9 92 1.2 10.4 215 44 303.0 304.8 292.2 331.7 9.63 6 750 2465 8.0 7.0 93 1.0 7.4 220 49 305.2 306.8 291.9 330.5 8.40 7 700 3032 4.4 3.9 96 0.6 4.1 222 54 307.4 308.7 291.6 329.4 7.23 8 650 3632 1.3 0.7 95 0.6 1.0 224 57 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.7 6.21 9 600 4273 -2.0 -2.6 95 0.6 -2.3 225 56 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.26 10 550 4960 -6.0 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.3 225 55 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.6 4.26 11 500 5699 -10.3 -10.9 96 0.6 -10.6 224 54 320.4 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.33 12 450 6502 -15.2 -15.5 98 0.3 -15.3 221 57 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.7 2.54 13 400 7381 -20.9 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.9 214 55 327.8 328.2 292.8 334.1 1.81 14 350 8353 -27.9 -27.9 100 -0.0 -27.9 212 53 331.2 331.4 293.1 335.1 1.10 15 300 9440 -36.5 -36.5 100 -0.0 -36.5 212 48 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10676 -46.9 -46.9 100 -0.0 -46.9 208 42 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12117 -57.6 -58.4 90 0.9 -57.6 215 41 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.07 18 150 13924 -57.8 -79.1 5 21.2 -58.1 243 60 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16452 -64.1 -83.6 5 19.5 -64.3 255 31 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.64 m Freezing level: 629.84 mb = 3890.76 m = 12764.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3821.94 m = 12539.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.87 mb = 478.85 m = 1571.00 ft T: 18.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.48 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1212.30 m = 3977.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.77 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 36.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.83 mb = 1010.30 m = 3314.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.83 mb = 1753.74 m = 5753.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.83 mb = 8212.74 m = 26944.36 ft B at Equ Level: 271.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.83 mb = 12216.97 m = 40081.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 49.1 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 36.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 2.19 Bulk Shear: 124.28 m/s