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: 35.6,-93.59 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 976 279 25.0 19.3 70 5.8 21.0 163 7 300.3 302.9 295.0 342.9 14.56 2 950 514 22.2 17.8 76 4.5 19.2 174 13 299.7 302.2 294.2 339.5 13.60 3 900 981 18.1 16.3 89 1.8 16.9 187 19 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.5 13.07 4 850 1470 15.9 12.7 81 3.2 13.8 215 28 302.8 304.8 293.1 335.3 10.94 5 800 1985 14.0 6.2 59 7.8 9.4 233 36 306.1 307.4 291.3 328.6 7.43 6 750 2526 10.2 0.5 51 9.7 5.1 238 34 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.0 5.30 7 700 3095 5.7 -4.1 49 9.8 1.0 237 31 308.8 309.6 289.2 321.5 4.05 8 650 3696 0.6 -7.5 54 8.1 -2.9 235 30 309.6 310.3 288.8 320.2 3.34 9 600 4332 -4.5 -11.3 59 6.8 -7.2 236 32 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.5 2.69 10 550 5011 -9.1 -16.3 56 7.2 -11.5 244 36 313.3 313.7 288.6 319.7 1.95 11 500 5742 -14.0 -19.4 64 5.4 -15.6 245 41 315.9 316.3 289.2 321.4 1.64 12 450 6533 -19.6 -23.3 73 3.7 -20.5 246 43 318.6 318.9 289.7 323.1 1.31 13 400 7396 -25.8 -45.3 14 19.5 -27.9 276 54 321.5 321.5 289.4 322.1 0.17 14 350 8352 -32.3 -47.0 22 14.7 -33.5 265 74 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.16 15 300 9418 -41.5 -47.3 53 5.8 -41.9 264 73 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.18 16 250 10631 -49.3 -55.6 48 6.3 -49.6 267 66 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 17 200 12079 -53.2 -69.3 12 16.1 -53.5 263 76 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13904 -59.7 -78.1 7 18.4 -59.9 268 51 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16413 -63.6 -83.7 5 20.1 -63.7 274 39 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.71 m Freezing level: 644.15 mb = 3770.12 m = 12369.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.16 mb = 3245.07 m = 10646.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.35 mb = 1006.52 m = 3302.19 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 23.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1568.04 m = 5144.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 490.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1891.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.49 mb = 1168.65 m = 3834.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.49 mb = 2575.39 m = 8449.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.49 mb = 11300.61 m = 37075.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1880.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.49 mb = 15008.21 m = 49238.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.8 neg: -10.2 tot: 240.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 19.39 Bulk Shear: 97.52 m/s