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: 34.02,-93.40 Latitude: 34.02 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 118 24.9 20.2 75 4.7 21.6 172 13 299.2 302.0 295.2 343.7 15.25 2 950 452 23.7 18.7 73 5.0 20.2 183 34 301.3 303.9 295.2 343.7 14.41 3 900 925 21.8 15.8 69 6.0 17.8 205 41 304.0 306.4 294.7 341.7 12.67 4 850 1420 19.3 12.3 64 7.0 14.7 223 49 306.4 308.3 293.9 338.3 10.61 5 800 1938 15.2 9.6 69 5.6 11.7 231 53 307.4 309.2 293.3 336.0 9.45 6 750 2481 10.2 8.1 86 2.2 8.9 236 53 307.7 309.4 293.1 335.1 9.05 7 700 3052 6.4 5.2 92 1.3 5.7 244 53 309.6 311.1 292.8 333.9 7.93 8 650 3658 3.4 1.4 87 2.0 2.3 252 59 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.52 9 600 4304 -0.8 -6.9 63 6.1 -3.6 252 64 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.4 3.79 10 550 4994 -4.0 -28.3 13 24.3 -10.4 250 65 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.68 11 500 5738 -9.5 -34.0 12 24.6 -14.7 251 66 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.43 12 450 6542 -16.0 -31.7 25 15.7 -19.3 255 73 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.3 0.60 13 400 7417 -22.2 -34.7 31 12.5 -24.4 255 77 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.50 14 350 8384 -29.8 -36.9 50 7.1 -30.7 255 82 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.46 15 300 9463 -38.0 -44.7 49 6.7 -38.5 258 91 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.24 16 250 10697 -45.6 -56.5 28 10.9 -46.1 267 101 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12155 -53.8 -65.6 22 11.9 -54.0 264 77 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 13964 -59.9 -78.4 7 18.5 -60.1 293 71 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.9 -83.7 6 18.8 -65.0 284 23 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.88 m Freezing level: 609.57 mb = 4180.12 m = 13714.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.53 mb = 3903.39 m = 12806.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.11 mb = 722.11 m = 2369.11 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 21.91 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.05 mb = 1916.48 m = 6287.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.06 C = 91.50 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 39.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1386.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.41 mb = 1264.04 m = 4147.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.41 mb = 2365.43 m = 7760.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.41 mb = 11520.03 m = 37794.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1375.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.41 mb = 14822.21 m = 48628.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 54.8 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 738.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 738.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.89 Bulk Rich Number: 4.88 Bulk Shear: 284.40 m/s