MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.39,-93.82 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 983 215 26.6 19.6 65 7.0 21.6 164 7 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.5 14.74 2 950 514 23.1 17.6 71 5.5 19.3 180 15 300.6 303.1 294.3 340.0 13.43 3 900 983 19.1 16.2 83 2.9 17.1 194 20 301.2 303.5 294.1 339.3 12.97 4 850 1472 15.4 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 210 25 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.6 11.93 5 800 1986 13.7 7.3 65 6.4 9.9 230 35 305.8 307.3 291.7 330.1 8.06 6 750 2527 10.1 1.2 54 8.8 5.4 237 35 307.5 308.6 290.2 324.7 5.59 7 700 3096 5.7 -3.5 51 9.2 1.3 239 33 308.8 309.6 289.3 321.9 4.21 8 650 3697 0.6 -7.3 55 7.9 -2.9 238 31 309.7 310.3 288.9 320.4 3.40 9 600 4333 -4.4 -11.8 56 7.4 -7.2 238 32 311.0 311.5 288.5 319.3 2.58 10 550 5013 -8.8 -17.2 51 8.4 -11.5 245 37 313.7 314.0 288.6 319.6 1.80 11 500 5744 -13.7 -18.3 68 4.6 -15.1 248 41 316.3 316.7 289.5 322.3 1.81 12 450 6536 -19.6 -25.5 59 6.0 -21.0 247 40 318.6 318.8 289.5 322.3 1.06 13 400 7400 -25.2 -49.3 9 24.2 -27.5 277 60 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.11 14 350 8358 -31.8 -46.0 23 14.2 -33.1 265 72 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.18 15 300 9426 -41.3 -45.8 62 4.5 -41.6 263 71 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.21 16 250 10638 -49.8 -53.8 63 4.0 -49.9 268 67 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12082 -53.3 -68.9 13 15.6 -53.5 263 80 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13911 -59.6 -78.2 7 18.6 -59.8 269 53 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16418 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.1 271 38 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.92 m Freezing level: 643.76 mb = 3776.18 m = 12388.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.76 mb = 3274.48 m = 10742.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.79 mb = 1099.67 m = 3607.80 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 25.21 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1401.50 m = 4598.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 27.75 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2039.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.56 mb = 1257.63 m = 4126.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.56 mb = 2343.74 m = 7689.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.56 mb = 11567.70 m = 37951.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2016.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.56 mb = 14961.34 m = 49085.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 241.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.44 Bulk Shear: 90.88 m/s