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: 34.99,-91.46 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -91.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 60 24.8 18.6 69 6.2 20.6 180 18 298.2 300.6 293.8 337.9 13.67 2 950 489 21.5 17.5 78 4.0 18.8 185 38 299.0 301.4 293.8 337.8 13.35 3 900 956 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 196 43 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.1 13.13 4 850 1443 14.6 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 216 49 301.4 303.7 293.6 337.1 12.11 5 800 1955 11.5 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 223 52 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.7 10.18 6 750 2494 10.3 2.1 57 8.3 5.8 227 49 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.94 7 700 3066 7.9 -6.6 35 14.5 1.1 232 45 311.2 311.8 289.3 321.7 3.32 8 650 3672 3.9 -6.4 47 10.3 -0.9 228 43 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.0 3.65 9 600 4316 -1.7 -6.6 69 5.0 -3.9 230 44 314.2 314.9 290.7 326.6 3.88 10 550 5004 -5.0 -22.6 24 17.6 -10.3 233 50 318.1 318.4 289.4 322.0 1.14 11 500 5747 -9.3 -21.8 35 12.5 -13.0 243 56 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.3 1.33 12 450 6551 -16.1 -26.2 41 10.1 -18.6 245 54 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 1.00 13 400 7425 -22.4 -29.7 52 7.2 -23.9 246 58 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.7 0.82 14 350 8394 -29.2 -33.7 65 4.4 -29.9 248 71 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.7 0.64 15 300 9474 -38.4 -41.5 72 3.1 -38.7 253 77 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 16 250 10698 -49.1 -49.8 92 0.7 -49.1 265 86 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 17 200 12133 -56.6 -64.3 37 7.7 -56.7 259 71 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13933 -62.4 -77.1 12 14.7 -62.6 279 69 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16428 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.7 279 21 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.96 m Freezing level: 614.99 mb = 4123.22 m = 13527.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.56 mb = 3405.13 m = 11171.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.62 mb = 844.99 m = 2772.23 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1182.75 m = 3880.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 23.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 782.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.30 mb = 990.92 m = 3251.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.30 mb = 1530.13 m = 5020.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.30 mb = 2368.97 m = 7772.11 ft B at Equ Level: 16.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 691.30 mb = 3167.97 m = 10393.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 6.20 Bulk Shear: 126.21 m/s