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: 34.11,-93.66 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 166 24.3 19.9 76 4.4 21.2 181 11 299.1 301.8 295.0 343.0 15.06 2 950 449 23.8 18.5 72 5.3 20.1 187 30 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.3 14.27 3 900 922 21.9 15.6 67 6.4 17.6 207 42 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.2 12.45 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 1935 15.2 9.8 70 5.3 11.8 233 54 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.2 9.56 6 750 2478 10.3 7.7 83 2.7 8.7 239 55 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.5 8.80 7 700 3049 5.9 5.5 97 0.4 5.7 244 55 309.0 310.6 292.7 333.9 8.12 8 650 3653 2.7 2.2 97 0.5 2.4 249 60 312.0 313.3 292.7 333.5 6.92 9 600 4297 -1.6 -6.2 71 4.6 -3.7 249 62 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.1 4.01 10 550 4987 -4.1 -27.5 14 23.4 -10.4 252 68 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.8 0.72 11 500 5731 -9.5 -30.4 16 20.9 -14.4 252 72 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.61 12 450 6534 -15.9 -30.8 26 15.0 -19.0 254 77 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.65 13 400 7410 -22.3 -34.0 34 11.7 -24.4 253 78 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.54 14 350 8376 -29.9 -37.3 49 7.3 -30.9 254 83 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.44 15 300 9454 -38.0 -46.0 43 8.0 -38.7 258 92 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10690 -45.2 -56.1 28 10.9 -45.7 269 102 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.08 17 200 12150 -53.5 -65.2 23 11.7 -53.7 262 76 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 13962 -60.1 -78.4 7 18.3 -60.2 292 73 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16451 -64.4 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.6 282 21 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.04 m Freezing level: 618.38 mb = 4060.56 m = 13321.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.13 mb = 3903.14 m = 12805.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.29 mb = 726.98 m = 2385.06 ft T: 22.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 1960.05 m = 6430.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1320.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.71 mb = 1348.65 m = 4424.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.71 mb = 2348.06 m = 7703.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.71 mb = 11186.81 m = 36701.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.71 mb = 14759.91 m = 48424.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 56.5 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 42.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 734.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 734.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 244.7 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: 5.59 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 274.90 m/s