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,-94.14 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 982 161 24.9 19.3 71 5.7 21.0 192 10 299.6 302.3 294.8 341.9 14.47 2 950 450 25.2 17.6 63 7.6 19.9 198 28 302.7 305.2 294.9 342.4 13.40 3 900 924 23.0 14.4 58 8.7 17.2 216 40 305.3 307.4 294.3 339.7 11.52 4 850 1420 19.6 12.0 61 7.7 14.7 230 48 306.7 308.7 293.9 338.1 10.41 5 800 1939 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.8 239 51 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.2 9.45 6 750 2483 10.7 6.6 76 4.0 8.3 246 54 308.2 309.7 292.6 333.1 8.20 7 700 3053 5.5 4.0 90 1.5 4.6 249 56 308.6 310.0 292.0 331.0 7.31 8 650 3655 1.3 0.9 97 0.4 1.1 242 57 310.5 311.6 291.7 330.0 6.30 9 600 4295 -2.6 -7.2 71 4.6 -4.6 240 58 313.1 313.8 290.2 324.9 3.71 10 550 4982 -4.6 -30.7 11 26.1 -11.1 253 69 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.54 11 500 5725 -9.6 -32.1 14 22.5 -14.7 255 78 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.2 0.52 12 450 6528 -16.0 -34.6 19 18.6 -19.6 256 80 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.8 0.45 13 400 7403 -22.8 -35.5 30 12.7 -24.9 254 82 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.47 14 350 8367 -30.2 -39.2 41 9.0 -31.3 256 88 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.4 0.37 15 300 9445 -38.0 -49.8 28 11.8 -38.8 259 97 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.13 16 250 10684 -44.5 -59.5 17 15.0 -45.1 275 107 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 17 200 12150 -52.4 -67.8 14 15.4 -52.7 257 75 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 13966 -60.2 -78.1 8 17.9 -60.4 291 73 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16454 -64.5 -83.7 6 19.1 -64.7 282 25 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.01 m Freezing level: 633.23 mb = 3869.85 m = 12696.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.60 mb = 3771.70 m = 12374.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.92 mb = 885.94 m = 2906.59 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 21.92 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2138.93 m = 7017.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.06 C = 91.51 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 39.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1239.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.37 mb = 1609.92 m = 5281.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.37 mb = 2522.87 m = 8277.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.37 mb = 10779.71 m = 35366.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1235.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.37 mb = 14116.16 m = 46312.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 55.9 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 611.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 606.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.38 Bulk Rich Number: 5.26 Bulk Shear: 235.73 m/s