MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.84,-92.50 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 973 284 25.7 18.9 66 6.8 20.9 186 10 301.1 303.7 295.0 342.9 14.22 2 950 496 24.1 16.8 64 7.3 19.1 190 22 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.3 12.77 3 900 967 19.8 15.2 75 4.6 16.7 197 26 301.9 304.1 293.8 337.8 12.17 4 850 1457 16.1 12.3 78 3.8 13.7 211 29 303.1 305.0 293.0 334.7 10.65 5 800 1971 13.2 8.1 71 5.1 10.1 225 30 305.2 306.8 291.9 330.8 8.51 6 750 2511 9.9 3.3 64 6.6 6.2 235 30 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.1 6.48 7 700 3080 5.6 -1.2 61 6.8 2.1 242 30 308.7 309.6 290.0 324.1 4.99 8 650 3681 0.7 -4.9 66 5.6 -1.9 246 29 309.7 310.5 289.5 322.6 4.09 9 600 4318 -4.6 -7.9 77 3.4 -6.0 249 30 310.8 311.5 289.3 321.9 3.51 10 550 4996 -9.7 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 254 32 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.4 3.04 11 500 5726 -14.0 -14.2 98 0.3 -14.0 254 39 316.0 316.5 290.1 324.4 2.54 12 450 6519 -18.4 -25.9 52 7.5 -20.1 257 41 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.7 1.03 13 400 7387 -24.3 -31.9 49 7.6 -25.7 271 55 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.7 0.66 14 350 8344 -32.2 -33.7 87 1.5 -32.4 264 63 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.63 15 300 9412 -40.4 -40.4 100 -0.0 -40.4 256 70 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.38 16 250 10629 -48.7 -49.2 94 0.5 -48.7 248 73 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.17 17 200 12076 -54.4 -62.4 37 8.0 -54.6 262 71 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 13899 -60.1 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.3 267 52 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16405 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.7 -63.3 275 37 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.60 m Freezing level: 643.52 mb = 3763.71 m = 12347.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.67 mb = 3391.18 m = 11125.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.56 mb = 1144.29 m = 3754.20 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1816.90 m = 5960.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1656.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.62 mb = 1480.70 m = 4857.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.62 mb = 2481.81 m = 8142.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.62 mb = 11380.94 m = 37338.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1638.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.62 mb = 14660.06 m = 48096.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 24.53 Bulk Shear: 67.52 m/s