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: 34.10,-93.67 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 163 24.3 19.9 76 4.4 21.2 180 11 299.1 301.8 295.0 343.0 15.06 2 950 450 23.9 18.5 72 5.4 20.1 187 30 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.4 14.25 3 900 922 21.9 15.5 67 6.4 17.6 207 42 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.1 12.43 4 850 1417 19.3 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 224 50 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.4 10.65 5 800 1936 15.2 9.8 70 5.4 11.8 233 54 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.3 9.57 6 750 2479 10.3 7.6 83 2.7 8.7 239 55 307.8 309.5 292.9 334.5 8.79 7 700 3049 5.9 5.5 97 0.4 5.6 245 55 309.0 310.6 292.7 333.8 8.11 8 650 3654 2.7 2.2 97 0.5 2.4 249 59 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.5 6.91 9 600 4298 -1.6 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.7 249 62 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.0 3.98 10 550 4987 -4.1 -27.9 14 23.9 -10.5 252 68 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.7 0.70 11 500 5731 -9.5 -30.7 16 21.2 -14.5 253 72 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.6 0.59 12 450 6534 -15.9 -31.0 26 15.2 -19.1 255 77 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.64 13 400 7410 -22.3 -34.2 33 11.8 -24.4 253 78 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.53 14 350 8376 -29.9 -37.4 48 7.4 -30.9 254 83 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.44 15 300 9455 -38.0 -46.1 42 8.2 -38.7 258 92 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.20 16 250 10690 -45.2 -56.2 28 11.1 -45.7 269 102 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.08 17 200 12150 -53.5 -65.3 22 11.8 -53.7 262 76 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 13962 -60.1 -78.4 7 18.3 -60.3 292 73 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16451 -64.4 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.6 282 21 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.24 m Freezing level: 618.47 mb = 4059.58 m = 13318.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.32 mb = 3900.97 m = 12798.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.12 mb = 728.81 m = 2391.08 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.64 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 1962.37 m = 6438.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 40.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1317.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.44 mb = 1351.65 m = 4434.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.44 mb = 2351.35 m = 7714.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.44 mb = 11195.00 m = 36728.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1312.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.44 mb = 14772.95 m = 48467.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 56.5 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 733.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 733.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 244.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.57 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 274.90 m/s