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,-93.90 Latitude: 34.11 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 979 187 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.9 188 11 298.5 301.2 294.8 342.0 14.97 2 950 451 24.0 18.3 71 5.7 20.0 193 28 301.5 304.1 295.0 342.9 14.05 3 900 923 22.2 15.1 64 7.1 17.4 213 42 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.4 12.07 4 850 1418 19.1 12.5 65 6.7 14.8 227 50 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.5 10.74 5 800 1937 15.0 10.1 72 4.9 11.9 237 54 307.1 309.0 293.5 336.6 9.75 6 750 2480 10.4 7.3 81 3.1 8.5 244 56 307.8 309.4 292.8 334.0 8.59 7 700 3050 5.5 4.8 95 0.8 5.1 248 57 308.6 310.0 292.3 332.2 7.71 8 650 3652 1.9 1.4 97 0.5 1.7 244 58 311.1 312.3 292.1 331.4 6.55 9 600 4294 -2.1 -7.4 67 5.3 -4.4 243 58 313.7 314.4 290.4 325.4 3.66 10 550 4983 -4.2 -29.1 12 24.9 -10.6 253 69 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.63 11 500 5727 -9.5 -31.0 16 21.5 -14.5 254 76 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.6 0.58 12 450 6530 -15.8 -33.1 21 17.3 -19.3 255 78 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.52 13 400 7406 -22.6 -34.7 32 12.2 -24.6 253 79 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.50 14 350 8371 -30.0 -39.0 42 8.9 -31.2 254 85 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.7 0.37 15 300 9449 -38.0 -48.7 32 10.7 -38.7 258 94 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.15 16 250 10687 -44.7 -58.3 20 13.6 -45.2 272 103 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.06 17 200 12150 -52.8 -66.8 17 14.0 -53.1 258 74 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 13963 -60.6 -78.0 8 17.4 -60.8 290 74 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16453 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.2 282 21 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.37 m Freezing level: 626.24 mb = 3957.50 m = 12983.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.38 mb = 3822.38 m = 12540.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.34 mb = 670.95 m = 2201.25 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.48 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.63 mb = 1993.26 m = 6539.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 40.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1244.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.65 mb = 1421.85 m = 4664.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.65 mb = 2427.60 m = 7964.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.65 mb = 10828.43 m = 35525.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1243.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.65 mb = 14186.34 m = 46542.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 56.8 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 42.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 688.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 686.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.98 Bulk Rich Number: 4.90 Bulk Shear: 253.70 m/s