MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510150600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510150600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.3,-93.2 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -93.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 997 87 26.7 21.8 75 4.9 23.2 197 9 300.2 303.2 296.5 349.3 16.77 2 950 508 23.0 18.8 77 4.2 20.1 201 22 300.6 303.2 295.1 343.2 14.55 3 900 977 19.0 17.5 91 1.5 18.0 205 25 301.1 303.7 295.0 342.7 14.13 4 850 1467 16.3 15.4 94 0.9 15.7 210 28 303.3 305.7 294.8 342.0 13.06 5 800 1983 14.0 11.7 86 2.3 12.5 219 31 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.7 10.85 6 750 2525 11.1 6.3 72 4.8 8.3 226 33 308.6 310.1 292.6 333.1 8.03 7 700 3098 7.5 2.3 70 5.1 4.6 231 34 310.7 312.0 291.9 330.8 6.47 8 650 3705 3.3 -0.2 78 3.4 1.4 238 37 312.7 313.8 292.0 330.9 5.82 9 600 4349 -1.3 -5.1 76 3.7 -3.1 240 39 314.6 315.4 291.3 328.5 4.37 10 550 5037 -5.8 -14.1 52 8.2 -8.9 237 44 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.9 2.34 11 500 5777 -10.5 -19.5 48 9.0 -13.3 237 47 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.8 1.64 12 450 6579 -15.8 -26.4 40 10.6 -18.4 240 50 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.98 13 400 7457 -21.6 -34.4 31 12.8 -23.9 239 60 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.52 14 350 8426 -29.1 -39.1 37 10.0 -30.4 240 66 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.9 0.37 15 300 9509 -36.2 -47.1 32 10.9 -37.1 239 66 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.18 16 250 10758 -42.6 -56.8 20 14.2 -43.3 245 57 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.07 17 200 12232 -51.6 -66.4 16 14.7 -52.0 251 62 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.03 18 150 14052 -62.6 -78.1 11 15.5 -62.7 250 55 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16493 -69.6 -83.3 12 13.7 -69.7 256 25 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.47 m Freezing level: 614.51 mb = 4161.94 m = 13654.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.20 mb = 3902.83 m = 12804.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.69 mb = 704.43 m = 2311.08 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 18.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1153.70 m = 3785.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.09 mb = 995.13 m = 3264.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.09 mb = 1536.68 m = 5041.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.09 mb = 10942.82 m = 35901.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1407.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.09 mb = 15242.67 m = 50008.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 23.18 Bulk Shear: 60.92 m/s