MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510141200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510141200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.7,-93.5 Latitude: 35.70 Longitude: -93.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 968 352 23.5 20.2 82 3.3 21.2 217 6 299.4 302.2 295.5 344.9 15.59 2 950 516 22.7 18.6 78 4.1 19.9 221 12 300.2 302.9 294.8 342.2 14.34 3 900 985 18.6 16.7 88 2.0 17.3 228 16 300.7 303.1 294.3 340.0 13.37 4 850 1474 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 239 19 302.5 304.7 294.0 338.7 12.22 5 800 1988 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.8 246 22 305.1 307.1 293.3 336.2 10.35 6 750 2529 10.7 4.3 65 6.4 7.1 253 23 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.5 6.95 7 700 3100 6.3 -1.2 59 7.5 2.5 257 24 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.1 5.02 8 650 3703 1.4 -4.8 63 6.2 -1.5 258 27 310.5 311.3 289.8 323.5 4.12 9 600 4342 -3.0 -7.9 69 4.9 -5.1 252 34 312.7 313.3 289.9 323.9 3.51 10 550 5026 -7.2 -11.5 72 4.2 -8.9 257 37 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.9 2.89 11 500 5763 -11.5 -18.0 58 6.6 -13.6 261 40 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.3 1.85 12 450 6562 -17.1 -21.7 68 4.6 -18.4 262 39 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.50 13 400 7435 -22.8 -24.7 84 1.9 -23.2 251 41 325.4 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.29 14 350 8401 -29.8 -29.9 99 0.1 -29.9 238 45 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.8 0.91 15 300 9481 -38.1 -38.7 94 0.6 -38.2 238 59 331.7 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.45 16 250 10709 -47.6 -48.5 90 0.9 -47.7 240 75 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 17 200 12160 -54.4 -65.7 24 11.3 -54.6 250 60 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 13976 -60.6 -77.3 9 16.7 -60.7 246 56 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16454 -67.5 -83.4 9 16.0 -67.6 258 35 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.83 m Freezing level: 634.28 mb = 3903.72 m = 12807.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.87 mb = 3470.10 m = 11384.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.10 mb = 765.31 m = 2510.82 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 21.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1329.86 m = 4362.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.87 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1474.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.52 mb = 1162.57 m = 3814.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.52 mb = 1919.05 m = 6296.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.52 mb = 11643.57 m = 38200.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1457.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.52 mb = 15016.66 m = 49266.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 33.20 Bulk Shear: 44.42 m/s