MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-93.43 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 979 231 21.6 18.6 83 3.0 19.6 205 5 296.6 299.1 293.5 336.8 13.92 2 950 490 23.2 17.4 70 5.8 19.2 227 20 300.8 303.2 294.3 339.8 13.30 3 900 961 21.0 15.3 70 5.7 17.1 241 33 303.2 305.4 294.1 339.4 12.22 4 850 1454 17.6 12.4 72 5.2 14.3 251 35 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.6 10.72 5 800 1970 13.9 7.9 67 6.0 10.3 257 36 306.0 307.5 292.0 331.3 8.39 6 750 2511 11.0 -3.3 36 14.3 3.9 262 33 308.6 309.3 289.0 321.0 3.99 7 700 3082 6.7 -7.2 36 13.9 0.4 263 32 309.9 310.5 288.7 320.0 3.18 8 650 3685 2.0 -9.4 42 11.4 -2.8 262 33 311.2 311.8 288.9 320.5 2.88 9 600 4325 -2.1 -13.5 41 11.4 -6.4 258 37 313.7 314.1 289.0 321.0 2.25 10 550 5011 -6.1 -25.3 20 19.2 -11.3 257 30 316.9 317.0 288.7 319.9 0.89 11 500 5749 -11.6 -29.3 21 17.8 -15.7 278 42 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.3 0.67 12 450 6547 -17.5 -31.3 29 13.9 -20.3 276 52 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.5 0.62 13 400 7417 -24.4 -31.6 51 7.2 -25.7 273 60 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.7 0.68 14 350 8373 -32.4 -40.9 43 8.5 -33.3 262 61 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.31 15 300 9445 -38.6 -54.0 18 15.3 -39.5 261 51 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 16 250 10677 -46.0 -58.6 23 12.7 -46.4 259 48 337.7 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 17 200 12134 -53.2 -66.9 17 13.7 -53.5 260 80 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13957 -61.4 -77.1 11 15.7 -61.6 277 52 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16426 -65.9 -83.3 7 17.4 -66.1 270 44 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.70 m Freezing level: 625.49 mb = 3998.76 m = 13119.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.39 mb = 3158.90 m = 10363.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.53 mb = 614.63 m = 2016.49 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 19.86 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.49 mb = 1921.90 m = 6305.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1249.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.45 mb = 1378.63 m = 4523.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.45 mb = 2935.79 m = 9631.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.45 mb = 10876.97 m = 35685.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1242.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.45 mb = 14271.21 m = 46820.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 245.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 21.53 Bulk Shear: 58.05 m/s