MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.18,-93.51 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 990 170 22.2 19.2 83 3.1 20.1 215 13 296.3 298.8 293.7 337.3 14.27 2 950 525 20.3 18.0 87 2.2 18.8 215 33 297.8 300.3 293.8 337.9 13.84 3 900 991 17.2 16.5 95 0.8 16.7 220 45 299.3 301.7 293.8 337.8 13.21 4 850 1479 16.0 13.3 84 2.7 14.2 238 57 302.9 305.0 293.4 336.5 11.33 5 800 1993 12.5 9.9 84 2.6 10.9 249 61 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.3 9.63 6 750 2531 8.6 6.2 85 2.4 7.2 254 61 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.0 7.95 7 700 3099 5.5 1.8 77 3.7 3.5 251 56 308.6 309.8 291.1 327.8 6.25 8 650 3703 4.1 -15.9 22 20.0 -3.4 249 59 313.6 313.9 288.5 319.2 1.70 9 600 4348 -0.6 -19.6 22 19.0 -7.0 253 56 315.4 315.6 288.7 319.9 1.35 10 550 5036 -5.6 -22.4 25 16.8 -10.6 276 61 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.4 1.15 11 500 5775 -11.4 -25.4 30 14.0 -15.0 276 65 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.97 12 450 6574 -17.0 -25.5 47 8.5 -19.1 263 58 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.6 1.07 13 400 7447 -22.7 -31.8 44 9.0 -24.4 252 71 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.67 14 350 8412 -29.9 -38.5 43 8.6 -31.0 252 71 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.9 0.39 15 300 9491 -38.3 -43.0 61 4.8 -38.7 252 72 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.28 16 250 10720 -47.5 -49.8 76 2.4 -47.6 249 77 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 17 200 12161 -57.2 -61.2 60 4.1 -57.3 251 91 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 13959 -59.0 -78.7 6 19.7 -59.2 251 63 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16448 -66.3 -83.6 7 17.3 -66.4 258 42 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.39 m Freezing level: 606.75 mb = 4260.79 m = 13978.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.43 mb = 3402.49 m = 11162.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.48 mb = 557.29 m = 1828.34 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1292.76 m = 4241.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 501.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.26 mb = 864.75 m = 2837.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.26 mb = 2116.02 m = 6942.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 648.26 mb = 3724.61 m = 12219.72 ft B at Equ Level: 59.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.26 mb = 14030.90 m = 46032.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 55.5 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 41.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 718.2 neg: -45.0 tot: 673.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.66 Bulk Rich Number: 4.28 Bulk Shear: 196.07 m/s