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: 33.98,-93.51 Latitude: 33.98 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 1 SFC 986 122 25.5 20.0 71 5.5 21.6 171 13 299.8 302.6 295.3 343.8 15.05 2 950 450 24.1 18.6 72 5.5 20.3 182 33 301.6 304.3 295.3 343.9 14.36 3 900 923 22.0 15.8 68 6.1 17.8 203 41 304.1 306.5 294.8 341.8 12.66 4 850 1418 19.4 12.2 63 7.2 14.7 221 49 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.4 10.59 5 800 1937 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.7 230 53 307.5 309.3 293.3 336.0 9.40 6 750 2480 10.4 7.9 85 2.5 8.9 235 53 307.8 309.5 293.1 335.0 8.96 7 700 3051 6.4 6.1 98 0.3 6.2 243 52 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.5 8.47 8 650 3657 3.5 2.8 95 0.7 3.1 253 61 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.4 7.22 9 600 4303 -0.9 -6.0 69 5.1 -3.3 253 66 315.0 315.8 291.2 328.1 4.08 10 550 4994 -3.8 -32.1 9 28.3 -10.7 251 66 319.6 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.47 11 500 5739 -9.4 -34.4 11 25.0 -14.7 252 67 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.41 12 450 6542 -15.9 -31.1 26 15.1 -19.1 256 75 323.2 323.3 290.4 325.5 0.64 13 400 7418 -22.1 -35.0 30 13.0 -24.3 255 77 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.49 14 350 8385 -29.8 -36.8 50 7.0 -30.7 255 82 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.47 15 300 9464 -37.9 -45.3 46 7.4 -38.5 258 90 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.22 16 250 10699 -45.7 -56.6 28 11.0 -46.1 267 101 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12156 -53.9 -65.6 22 11.7 -54.1 266 78 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 13965 -59.7 -78.3 7 18.6 -59.9 294 72 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16451 -65.0 -83.6 6 18.7 -65.1 283 24 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.57 m Freezing level: 610.50 mb = 4167.74 m = 13673.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.77 mb = 3964.03 m = 13005.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.72 mb = 829.11 m = 2720.14 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 1949.46 m = 6395.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 40.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1396.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.95 mb = 1317.25 m = 4321.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.95 mb = 2314.19 m = 7592.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.95 mb = 11388.12 m = 37362.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1394.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.95 mb = 14613.09 m = 47942.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 746.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 746.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 248.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.73 Bulk Shear: 295.05 m/s