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: 34.03,-93.76 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 984 145 24.5 19.9 76 4.6 21.2 180 11 299.0 301.7 295.0 342.8 15.02 2 950 451 24.1 18.4 70 5.7 20.1 188 30 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.4 14.15 3 900 924 22.2 15.3 65 6.9 17.5 209 42 304.4 306.7 294.6 340.9 12.26 4 850 1419 19.3 12.4 64 7.0 14.8 225 50 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.6 10.68 5 800 1938 15.3 9.9 70 5.3 11.9 234 54 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.6 9.63 6 750 2481 10.4 7.5 82 2.9 8.7 241 55 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.4 8.72 7 700 3051 5.8 5.3 96 0.6 5.5 246 56 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.4 7.98 8 650 3655 2.5 2.0 97 0.5 2.2 247 59 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.9 6.81 9 600 4299 -1.7 -7.4 65 5.8 -4.2 246 61 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.9 3.64 10 550 4988 -3.9 -31.0 10 27.0 -10.6 253 68 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.3 0.53 11 500 5732 -9.4 -32.4 13 23.1 -14.5 254 73 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.4 0.50 12 450 6536 -15.8 -32.5 22 16.7 -19.2 256 77 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.55 13 400 7412 -22.3 -35.0 30 12.8 -24.4 254 78 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.49 14 350 8378 -29.8 -38.2 44 8.4 -30.9 254 84 328.6 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.40 15 300 9458 -37.9 -47.4 36 9.6 -38.6 257 92 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.18 16 250 10694 -45.1 -57.5 24 12.4 -45.6 270 102 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12153 -53.4 -66.2 20 12.8 -53.7 262 75 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 13965 -60.2 -78.2 8 17.9 -60.4 292 73 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16452 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.7 281 22 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.14 m Freezing level: 620.10 mb = 4040.20 m = 13255.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.87 mb = 3870.06 m = 12696.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.50 mb = 726.69 m = 2384.12 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 22.07 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 1985.08 m = 6512.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 40.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1300.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.46 mb = 1373.59 m = 4506.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.46 mb = 2375.46 m = 7793.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.46 mb = 11254.47 m = 36923.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1292.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.46 mb = 14411.57 m = 47281.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 56.2 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 42.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 727.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 727.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 274.30 m/s