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,-93.9 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 157 23.9 19.8 78 4.1 21.1 185 10 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 14.99 2 950 452 24.2 18.3 70 5.9 20.1 191 29 301.7 304.3 295.0 343.0 14.03 3 900 924 22.3 15.1 63 7.3 17.4 213 42 304.5 306.8 294.4 340.5 12.04 4 850 1420 19.3 12.5 65 6.8 14.8 227 50 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.7 10.75 5 800 1938 15.2 10.1 72 5.0 12.0 236 54 307.3 309.2 293.6 336.9 9.77 6 750 2482 10.5 7.3 81 3.1 8.6 244 56 307.9 309.5 292.8 334.1 8.59 7 700 3052 5.6 4.8 94 0.8 5.1 247 58 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.2 7.70 8 650 3655 1.9 1.4 96 0.5 1.7 243 59 311.1 312.4 292.1 331.4 6.54 9 600 4297 -2.0 -8.3 62 6.3 -4.7 242 59 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.40 10 550 4985 -4.0 -30.9 10 26.9 -10.7 253 69 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.53 11 500 5730 -9.4 -31.9 14 22.6 -14.5 254 75 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.5 0.53 12 450 6533 -15.7 -33.6 20 17.9 -19.3 256 78 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.50 13 400 7410 -22.4 -35.2 30 12.8 -24.5 254 79 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.48 14 350 8375 -29.8 -39.2 40 9.4 -31.0 255 85 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.37 15 300 9455 -37.9 -49.0 30 11.1 -38.7 257 93 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.15 16 250 10692 -44.8 -58.5 20 13.6 -45.4 272 103 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 17 200 12153 -53.1 -66.9 17 13.8 -53.4 260 74 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13965 -60.6 -77.9 8 17.4 -60.7 291 74 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16453 -64.2 -83.7 5 19.5 -64.4 281 22 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.31 m Freezing level: 625.46 mb = 3969.91 m = 13024.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.00 mb = 3816.80 m = 12522.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.87 mb = 676.52 m = 2219.53 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 21.81 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2004.40 m = 6576.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1249.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.08 mb = 1408.78 m = 4621.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.08 mb = 2413.67 m = 7918.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.08 mb = 11066.68 m = 36307.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1242.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.08 mb = 14562.44 m = 47776.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 56.7 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 42.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 709.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 707.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.7 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: 5.12 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 263.08 m/s