MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-91.14 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -91.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 90 19.6 17.2 86 2.4 18.0 206 6 292.5 294.7 291.0 327.6 12.39 1 1000 121 20.1 16.9 82 3.2 18.0 202 9 293.3 295.5 291.2 328.0 12.21 2 950 565 20.1 15.4 74 4.7 17.0 237 21 297.6 299.7 292.1 331.3 11.63 3 900 1030 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 248 25 298.9 301.0 292.2 331.6 11.22 4 850 1515 13.2 12.5 96 0.7 12.7 250 28 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.5 10.77 5 800 2024 10.5 9.7 94 0.9 10.0 258 31 302.4 304.1 291.8 330.4 9.46 6 750 2559 7.3 6.5 95 0.8 6.9 261 32 304.5 306.0 291.4 328.9 8.14 7 700 3124 4.2 -2.1 63 6.3 1.1 271 31 307.2 308.1 289.3 321.7 4.69 8 650 3725 1.4 -13.9 31 15.3 -4.4 280 36 310.5 310.9 287.8 317.1 2.01 9 600 4364 -2.3 -23.1 18 20.8 -8.5 279 41 313.4 313.6 287.7 316.8 0.99 10 550 5048 -7.3 -31.8 12 24.5 -12.8 276 39 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.1 0.48 11 500 5783 -12.5 -34.5 14 21.9 -16.8 283 39 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.41 12 450 6576 -19.1 -32.3 30 13.1 -21.6 297 44 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.2 0.57 13 400 7440 -26.0 -36.7 36 10.7 -27.5 306 59 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.41 14 350 8392 -33.2 -45.9 27 12.7 -34.3 308 67 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.18 15 300 9455 -41.8 -49.4 43 7.7 -42.2 309 71 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.14 16 250 10666 -50.6 -55.3 57 4.7 -50.7 306 71 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 17 200 12101 -55.1 -69.3 16 14.1 -55.4 314 45 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13896 -62.8 -77.0 13 14.1 -63.0 283 65 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16394 -63.2 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.4 301 25 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.00 m Freezing level: 631.20 mb = 3964.87 m = 13007.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.71 mb = 3244.31 m = 10643.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.75 mb = 395.57 m = 1297.78 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1416.06 m = 4645.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.30 mb = 1036.25 m = 3399.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.30 mb = 2511.66 m = 8240.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.30 mb = 3671.15 m = 12044.30 ft B at Equ Level: 28.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.30 mb = 12281.28 m = 40292.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 6.44 Bulk Shear: 75.06 m/s