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: 33.57,-93.74 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 989 105 25.3 20.3 74 5.0 21.8 173 14 299.3 302.1 295.3 344.0 15.32 2 950 461 24.1 18.8 72 5.4 20.4 182 33 301.7 304.3 295.4 344.4 14.50 3 900 934 22.2 16.0 68 6.2 17.9 206 39 304.4 306.7 294.9 342.5 12.79 4 850 1429 19.3 13.0 67 6.4 15.1 223 43 306.4 308.5 294.3 339.9 11.12 5 800 1948 15.2 10.5 73 4.8 12.2 232 50 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.6 9.99 6 750 2492 10.7 8.0 83 2.7 9.1 241 54 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.7 9.04 7 700 3063 6.5 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 248 58 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.2 7.66 8 650 3668 2.4 -1.3 77 3.7 0.5 255 58 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.4 5.36 9 600 4312 0.4 -14.7 31 15.1 -5.4 254 61 316.6 316.9 289.8 323.3 2.04 10 550 5005 -3.5 -27.6 14 24.1 -10.1 254 61 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.4 0.72 11 500 5749 -9.2 -32.9 13 23.8 -14.5 254 63 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.6 0.48 12 450 6554 -15.4 -31.5 24 16.1 -18.8 259 71 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.1 0.61 13 400 7433 -21.4 -34.1 31 12.8 -23.7 257 77 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.53 14 350 8402 -29.0 -37.3 45 8.3 -30.1 257 82 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.44 15 300 9485 -37.3 -45.3 43 8.0 -37.9 258 88 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.22 16 250 10722 -45.2 -57.5 24 12.3 -45.7 272 98 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 12182 -53.8 -66.5 20 12.7 -54.1 260 70 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 13980 -61.9 -76.3 13 14.4 -62.1 286 73 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16455 -65.3 -83.5 6 18.3 -65.4 285 30 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.71 m Freezing level: 595.21 mb = 4378.73 m = 14365.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3719.64 m = 12203.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.09 mb = 740.75 m = 2430.26 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 1898.06 m = 6227.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 39.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1338.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.80 mb = 1279.65 m = 4198.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.80 mb = 2382.28 m = 7815.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.80 mb = 11564.26 m = 37940.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.80 mb = 14862.91 m = 48762.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 718.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 718.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 281.89 m/s