MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.30,-93.51 Latitude: 33.30 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 40 SFC 994 94 24.9 21.0 79 3.9 22.2 208 11 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.1 15.99 2 950 490 23.1 18.9 77 4.2 20.1 210 30 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.4 14.59 3 900 960 19.6 16.7 83 2.9 17.7 215 41 301.7 304.2 294.6 341.3 13.44 4 850 1450 16.2 14.5 90 1.7 15.1 220 46 303.1 305.4 294.2 339.6 12.30 5 800 1964 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 222 47 305.1 307.2 294.2 339.5 11.48 6 750 2505 10.4 6.1 74 4.4 7.9 230 45 307.9 309.4 292.2 331.9 7.88 7 700 3079 8.3 -0.2 55 8.6 3.8 238 46 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.6 5.38 8 650 3687 4.1 -1.9 65 6.0 1.0 235 45 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.8 5.12 9 600 4332 -0.9 -8.5 56 7.6 -4.3 238 45 315.0 315.7 290.5 325.8 3.34 10 550 5022 -3.6 -21.5 23 17.9 -9.2 244 52 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.2 1.25 11 500 5768 -8.8 -23.6 29 14.8 -13.0 254 54 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.3 1.14 12 450 6574 -14.8 -28.0 31 13.2 -18.0 253 55 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.7 0.85 13 400 7457 -19.8 -33.0 30 13.3 -22.4 253 66 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.59 14 350 8432 -27.6 -36.9 41 9.3 -29.0 259 74 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.46 15 300 9519 -37.2 -46.0 39 8.9 -37.9 266 76 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.21 16 250 10749 -47.4 -52.5 56 5.1 -47.6 275 82 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12201 -54.8 -64.3 30 9.5 -55.0 272 64 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 13991 -63.7 -77.2 14 13.5 -63.8 290 77 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16446 -65.7 -83.6 7 17.9 -65.8 279 28 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.85 m Freezing level: 609.29 mb = 4212.13 m = 13819.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.37 mb = 3807.25 m = 12490.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.65 mb = 585.05 m = 1919.44 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 16.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1288.27 m = 4226.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 30.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.56 mb = 1021.42 m = 3351.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.56 mb = 1667.01 m = 5469.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.56 mb = 11927.96 m = 39133.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1180.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.56 mb = 14924.77 m = 48965.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.25 Bulk Rich Number: 13.41 Bulk Shear: 88.87 m/s