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: 33.6,-93.6 Latitude: 33.60 Longitude: -93.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 994 106 27.0 21.4 72 5.6 23.0 205 10 300.7 303.7 296.4 348.8 16.40 2 950 502 23.4 18.7 75 4.7 20.1 208 23 300.9 303.6 295.1 343.2 14.41 3 900 972 19.2 17.5 90 1.7 18.0 211 25 301.3 303.9 295.0 342.8 14.10 4 850 1463 16.2 15.2 94 1.0 15.5 215 28 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.3 12.89 5 800 1977 14.1 9.9 76 4.1 11.4 223 32 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.2 9.64 6 750 2520 11.1 4.4 63 6.7 7.3 229 34 308.6 310.0 291.7 330.2 7.02 7 700 3093 7.5 3.3 75 4.2 5.1 239 36 310.7 312.1 292.3 332.2 6.94 8 650 3699 2.8 -0.8 77 3.7 0.9 244 39 312.2 313.2 291.6 329.5 5.55 9 600 4341 -2.0 -7.6 66 5.6 -4.5 241 41 313.8 314.5 290.4 325.3 3.61 10 550 5027 -6.4 -13.5 57 7.1 -9.0 235 45 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.6 2.46 11 500 5767 -10.6 -20.7 43 10.1 -13.6 235 48 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.1 1.47 12 450 6568 -16.2 -27.3 38 11.1 -18.8 240 51 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.91 13 400 7444 -22.4 -34.9 31 12.5 -24.5 240 57 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.49 14 350 8410 -29.4 -42.1 28 12.7 -30.9 244 63 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 15 300 9495 -35.7 -48.5 26 12.8 -36.7 239 63 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.7 0.16 16 250 10746 -42.4 -56.7 20 14.3 -43.1 245 49 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.07 17 200 12219 -51.7 -67.7 13 16.0 -52.0 256 55 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14041 -62.4 -77.4 12 15.0 -62.6 246 51 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16486 -69.1 -83.4 11 14.3 -69.2 258 27 394.1 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.78 m Freezing level: 620.81 mb = 4073.93 m = 13365.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3802.51 m = 12475.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.79 mb = 811.54 m = 2662.52 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1211.93 m = 3976.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.49 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1452.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.51 mb = 1063.12 m = 3487.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.51 mb = 1407.11 m = 4616.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.51 mb = 10865.65 m = 35648.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1446.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.51 mb = 15115.63 m = 49591.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 25.24 Bulk Shear: 57.54 m/s