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: 34.18,-92.96 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 989 113 22.8 20.5 87 2.2 21.2 176 13 296.9 299.7 294.8 341.8 15.56 2 950 460 22.5 18.7 79 3.8 19.9 186 36 300.0 302.7 294.8 342.3 14.44 3 900 931 21.5 15.7 69 5.8 17.6 211 45 303.7 306.0 294.6 341.0 12.55 4 850 1426 19.0 12.2 65 6.7 14.6 228 50 306.0 308.0 293.8 337.8 10.59 5 800 1944 14.8 10.0 73 4.8 11.8 234 54 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.2 9.67 6 750 2486 9.8 8.2 90 1.6 8.8 237 55 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.9 9.15 7 700 3056 6.6 0.7 66 5.9 3.5 246 56 309.8 310.9 291.0 327.7 5.76 8 650 3661 2.9 -6.4 50 9.3 -1.3 249 54 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.9 3.65 9 600 4305 -0.2 -15.2 31 15.1 -5.8 247 57 315.9 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.95 10 550 4995 -4.7 -22.4 24 17.7 -10.1 245 61 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.5 1.15 11 500 5738 -9.8 -34.6 11 24.8 -15.0 249 63 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.6 0.41 12 450 6540 -16.4 -35.1 18 18.7 -19.9 251 68 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.1 0.43 13 400 7413 -22.8 -34.3 34 11.5 -24.7 255 78 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.52 14 350 8379 -29.9 -37.4 48 7.5 -30.9 254 84 328.5 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.44 15 300 9457 -38.3 -43.2 60 4.9 -38.7 257 91 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.28 16 250 10689 -45.9 -53.9 40 8.1 -46.2 265 100 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.10 17 200 12146 -53.4 -64.5 25 11.0 -53.7 257 78 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 13959 -59.8 -77.9 8 18.2 -59.9 289 67 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16448 -64.4 -83.7 5 19.3 -64.6 283 19 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.66 m Freezing level: 602.43 mb = 4273.64 m = 14020.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.82 mb = 3489.09 m = 11447.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.07 mb = 395.57 m = 1297.78 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1842.18 m = 6043.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1298.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.90 mb = 1116.91 m = 3664.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.90 mb = 2309.85 m = 7578.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.90 mb = 11351.41 m = 37241.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1285.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.90 mb = 14565.37 m = 47786.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 730.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 730.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 243.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.40 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 240.40 m/s