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: 33.56,-93.82 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 989 103 25.6 20.2 72 5.4 21.8 173 15 299.6 302.4 295.3 344.1 15.21 2 950 460 24.3 18.7 71 5.5 20.4 182 34 301.8 304.5 295.4 344.5 14.47 3 900 933 22.4 15.9 67 6.5 17.9 207 39 304.6 306.9 294.9 342.5 12.72 4 850 1429 19.4 12.9 66 6.5 15.1 222 43 306.5 308.6 294.3 339.8 11.05 5 800 1948 15.4 10.2 71 5.2 12.1 233 50 307.6 309.4 293.7 337.4 9.84 6 750 2491 10.8 7.9 82 2.9 9.0 241 54 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.6 8.97 7 700 3063 6.4 5.0 91 1.4 5.6 249 58 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.7 7.85 8 650 3667 2.1 -0.5 83 2.6 0.7 255 58 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.0 5.68 9 600 4311 0.3 -15.4 30 15.7 -5.5 254 61 316.5 316.9 289.6 322.9 1.92 10 550 5004 -3.5 -28.5 12 25.0 -10.1 254 62 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.66 11 500 5749 -9.1 -32.4 13 23.3 -14.4 255 64 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.7 0.50 12 450 6554 -15.3 -31.1 24 15.9 -18.7 259 72 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.3 0.63 13 400 7433 -21.3 -34.0 31 12.7 -23.6 257 77 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.54 14 350 8402 -29.0 -37.2 45 8.3 -30.1 257 82 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.45 15 300 9485 -37.2 -45.6 41 8.4 -37.9 258 88 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.22 16 250 10723 -45.3 -57.4 24 12.1 -45.7 272 98 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12182 -53.8 -66.5 20 12.8 -54.1 261 70 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13981 -61.7 -76.6 12 14.9 -61.8 287 72 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16456 -65.6 -83.5 7 18.0 -65.7 285 32 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.37 m Freezing level: 595.51 mb = 4373.56 m = 14348.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.23 mb = 3739.05 m = 12267.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.74 mb = 790.74 m = 2594.25 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 22.15 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1937.09 m = 6355.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 40.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1342.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.66 mb = 1310.41 m = 4299.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.66 mb = 2416.88 m = 7929.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.66 mb = 11658.61 m = 38249.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.66 mb = 15013.47 m = 49256.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 53.4 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 40.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 725.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 725.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 241.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.60 Bulk Shear: 291.77 m/s