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: 34.05,-93.31 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 988 116 24.3 20.3 79 4.0 21.5 173 12 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.3 15.40 2 950 455 23.4 18.7 75 4.7 20.1 184 34 300.9 303.6 295.1 343.4 14.45 3 900 927 21.7 15.8 69 5.9 17.7 207 42 303.9 306.3 294.7 341.6 12.67 4 850 1421 19.2 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 224 49 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.2 10.64 5 800 1940 15.1 9.8 70 5.3 11.7 232 53 307.3 309.0 293.3 336.1 9.53 6 750 2483 10.1 8.1 88 2.0 8.9 236 54 307.5 309.3 293.1 335.2 9.10 7 700 3053 6.5 4.1 85 2.3 5.1 244 54 309.7 311.0 292.3 332.3 7.37 8 650 3659 3.3 -0.3 78 3.5 1.4 251 58 312.7 313.8 291.9 330.8 5.78 9 600 4304 -0.7 -8.3 56 7.6 -4.0 251 62 315.4 316.0 290.7 326.4 3.42 10 550 4995 -4.2 -25.6 17 21.5 -10.2 249 64 319.2 319.3 289.4 322.2 0.86 11 500 5738 -9.5 -33.6 12 24.1 -14.7 251 65 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.45 12 450 6541 -16.1 -32.3 23 16.2 -19.4 254 72 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.0 0.56 13 400 7417 -22.3 -34.4 32 12.1 -24.4 255 77 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.52 14 350 8383 -29.8 -37.0 50 7.2 -30.7 255 83 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.46 15 300 9462 -38.0 -44.2 52 6.2 -38.5 258 90 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.25 16 250 10696 -45.6 -56.2 29 10.7 -46.0 267 101 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 17 200 12154 -53.6 -65.5 22 11.9 -53.9 262 77 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 13963 -60.1 -78.2 8 18.2 -60.2 292 71 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.7 -83.7 6 18.9 -64.9 284 22 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.10 m Freezing level: 608.42 mb = 4195.42 m = 13764.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.92 mb = 3822.66 m = 12541.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.96 mb = 621.88 m = 2040.25 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 21.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.98 mb = 1886.77 m = 6190.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1370.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.22 mb = 1217.84 m = 3995.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.22 mb = 2313.74 m = 7590.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.22 mb = 11378.05 m = 37329.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1363.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.22 mb = 14599.59 m = 47898.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 54.4 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 733.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 733.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 244.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.75 Bulk Rich Number: 5.02 Bulk Shear: 273.06 m/s