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: 35.46,-93.90 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 984 207 26.5 19.8 67 6.7 21.8 154 7 301.0 303.7 295.5 344.9 14.94 2 950 512 23.1 17.6 71 5.5 19.4 175 15 300.6 303.1 294.3 340.1 13.45 3 900 982 19.1 16.2 83 3.0 17.1 192 20 301.2 303.6 294.1 339.3 12.95 4 850 1471 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.6 206 24 302.1 304.4 293.8 337.9 12.11 5 800 1984 13.5 7.8 68 5.7 10.1 229 35 305.6 307.1 291.9 330.7 8.34 6 750 2525 10.0 1.5 56 8.5 5.4 236 37 307.4 308.5 290.3 325.0 5.70 7 700 3094 5.7 -3.5 52 9.1 1.3 238 35 308.8 309.6 289.3 322.0 4.23 8 650 3695 0.6 -7.5 55 8.1 -2.9 238 32 309.6 310.3 288.8 320.2 3.35 9 600 4331 -4.4 -12.3 54 8.0 -7.4 237 33 311.1 311.5 288.4 319.0 2.47 10 550 5011 -8.8 -17.8 48 9.1 -11.6 244 36 313.7 314.0 288.5 319.4 1.71 11 500 5742 -13.8 -18.0 71 4.1 -15.1 248 42 316.2 316.6 289.5 322.4 1.86 12 450 6534 -19.6 -26.3 55 6.7 -21.1 246 39 318.6 318.8 289.3 322.0 0.99 13 400 7398 -25.3 -49.3 9 24.0 -27.6 278 61 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.5 0.11 14 350 8355 -31.9 -45.9 24 14.0 -33.2 265 72 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.18 15 300 9423 -41.4 -45.6 64 4.2 -41.7 263 72 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.22 16 250 10634 -49.8 -54.1 60 4.4 -49.9 268 67 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12079 -53.1 -69.1 13 16.0 -53.4 263 81 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 13908 -59.5 -78.2 7 18.7 -59.7 269 52 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16417 -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: 5679.34 m Freezing level: 644.02 mb = 3771.06 m = 12372.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.97 mb = 3270.18 m = 10728.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.98 mb = 1048.62 m = 3440.32 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 25.89 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1371.16 m = 4498.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 28.07 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2082.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.49 mb = 1247.33 m = 4092.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.49 mb = 2331.88 m = 7650.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.49 mb = 11536.45 m = 37848.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2062.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.49 mb = 14913.79 m = 48929.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 264.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.28 Bulk Rich Number: 20.51 Bulk Shear: 101.53 m/s