MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-93.35 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 992 93 23.9 20.9 83 3.0 21.8 175 11 297.7 300.5 295.2 343.6 15.85 2 950 474 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 187 34 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.3 14.72 3 900 945 21.1 16.7 76 4.4 18.1 207 40 303.3 305.7 295.0 343.0 13.38 4 850 1439 18.3 14.1 76 4.2 15.5 222 42 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.0 11.95 5 800 1956 14.5 11.5 82 3.0 12.6 231 45 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.0 10.73 6 750 2499 10.7 8.5 86 2.3 9.3 239 50 308.2 310.0 293.4 336.5 9.31 7 700 3072 7.4 3.1 74 4.3 4.9 243 54 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.8 6.84 8 650 3678 3.9 -5.9 49 9.7 -0.7 250 53 313.3 314.1 290.4 325.4 3.80 9 600 4325 0.6 -13.4 34 14.0 -4.9 253 55 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.3 2.27 10 550 5017 -4.0 -19.3 29 15.3 -9.1 252 55 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.51 11 500 5761 -9.4 -26.7 23 17.3 -13.9 252 57 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.7 0.86 12 450 6565 -15.5 -29.3 29 13.9 -18.6 258 65 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.5 0.75 13 400 7444 -21.3 -31.9 38 10.7 -23.4 259 75 327.3 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.66 14 350 8414 -28.6 -36.6 46 8.0 -29.7 258 81 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.0 0.48 15 300 9498 -37.3 -42.8 56 5.6 -37.8 259 84 332.8 332.9 292.8 333.9 0.29 16 250 10735 -45.2 -56.5 27 11.2 -45.7 270 92 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12193 -54.4 -64.1 29 9.7 -54.6 261 71 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 13983 -62.9 -75.7 16 12.8 -63.1 286 75 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16455 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.2 285 26 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.89 m Freezing level: 593.51 mb = 4414.61 m = 14483.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.07 mb = 3602.24 m = 11818.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.32 mb = 470.63 m = 1544.05 ft T: 23.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.97 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1671.53 m = 5483.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1306.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.80 mb = 1082.58 m = 3551.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.80 mb = 2269.18 m = 7444.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.80 mb = 11546.39 m = 37881.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.80 mb = 15302.99 m = 50206.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 607.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 607.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.28 Bulk Rich Number: 6.28 Bulk Shear: 207.94 m/s