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,-93.82 Latitude: 33.98 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 3 SFC 985 135 24.5 19.9 76 4.6 21.3 180 11 298.9 301.6 295.0 342.7 15.02 2 950 452 24.2 18.3 70 5.9 20.1 188 30 301.8 304.4 295.1 343.4 14.11 3 900 925 22.3 15.2 64 7.1 17.5 210 41 304.5 306.8 294.5 340.9 12.18 4 850 1420 19.4 12.4 64 6.9 14.8 225 50 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.7 10.73 5 800 1939 15.3 10.0 71 5.3 12.0 235 54 307.5 309.3 293.5 336.8 9.70 6 750 2483 10.5 7.5 81 3.0 8.6 242 56 308.0 309.6 292.9 334.4 8.68 7 700 3053 5.8 5.0 95 0.7 5.4 247 57 308.9 310.4 292.5 333.0 7.87 8 650 3657 2.3 1.7 96 0.6 2.0 245 59 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.2 6.65 9 600 4300 -1.7 -8.5 60 6.8 -4.6 245 60 314.2 314.8 290.3 325.0 3.37 10 550 4989 -3.9 -31.9 9 28.1 -10.7 253 68 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.48 11 500 5733 -9.3 -32.9 13 23.6 -14.5 254 73 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.48 12 450 6537 -15.7 -33.2 21 17.4 -19.2 256 77 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.4 0.52 13 400 7414 -22.2 -35.3 29 13.1 -24.4 254 79 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.47 14 350 8380 -29.7 -38.7 41 9.0 -30.9 255 84 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.38 15 300 9460 -37.8 -48.1 33 10.3 -38.5 257 92 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 16 250 10696 -45.1 -58.0 22 12.9 -45.6 271 103 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.06 17 200 12156 -53.4 -66.6 19 13.2 -53.7 262 75 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13966 -60.4 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.6 292 74 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16453 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.7 281 23 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.39 m Freezing level: 621.18 mb = 4027.36 m = 13212.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.12 mb = 3842.78 m = 12607.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.84 mb = 715.16 m = 2346.31 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 22.16 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.63 mb = 1995.93 m = 6548.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.50 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 40.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.86 mb = 1381.13 m = 4531.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.86 mb = 2383.76 m = 7820.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.86 mb = 11274.25 m = 36988.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1274.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.86 mb = 14439.61 m = 47373.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 56.2 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 726.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 726.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 273.96 m/s