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: 34.04,-93.98 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 982 161 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.9 188 10 298.3 301.0 294.7 341.8 14.97 2 950 452 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 20.0 193 29 301.7 304.3 295.0 342.9 13.96 3 900 925 22.4 14.9 62 7.6 17.4 215 42 304.6 306.8 294.4 340.2 11.91 4 850 1420 19.2 12.5 65 6.7 14.8 228 50 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.8 10.79 5 800 1939 15.1 10.3 73 4.9 12.0 237 54 307.3 309.1 293.6 337.1 9.85 6 750 2482 10.5 7.2 80 3.3 8.5 245 57 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.9 8.52 7 700 3052 5.4 4.5 94 1.0 4.9 248 59 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.6 7.55 8 650 3655 1.6 1.1 96 0.5 1.4 241 58 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.6 6.40 9 600 4296 -2.2 -8.9 60 6.7 -5.0 240 57 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.0 3.25 10 550 4984 -4.0 -31.0 10 27.0 -10.7 254 69 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.52 11 500 5728 -9.3 -31.8 14 22.5 -14.5 255 77 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.6 0.53 12 450 6532 -15.7 -34.4 18 18.7 -19.3 256 79 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.46 13 400 7409 -22.4 -35.3 30 12.9 -24.6 254 80 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.6 0.47 14 350 8374 -29.8 -39.8 37 10.0 -31.0 255 85 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.8 0.34 15 300 9453 -37.8 -50.0 27 12.2 -38.7 257 93 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 16 250 10691 -44.7 -59.1 18 14.4 -45.3 273 104 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12153 -53.0 -67.3 16 14.4 -53.2 259 74 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 13965 -60.7 -77.8 9 17.1 -60.9 291 75 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16454 -64.1 -83.8 5 19.7 -64.3 280 22 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.38 m Freezing level: 628.65 mb = 3928.38 m = 12888.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.34 mb = 3787.01 m = 12424.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.71 mb = 650.22 m = 2133.26 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2017.38 m = 6618.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.78 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 40.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1221.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.12 mb = 1429.29 m = 4689.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.12 mb = 2436.10 m = 7992.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.12 mb = 10846.69 m = 35585.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1220.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.12 mb = 14210.76 m = 46622.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 57.0 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 42.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 701.1 neg: -6.3 tot: 694.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 231.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.94 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 257.82 m/s