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,-93.43 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 162 24.1 20.1 78 4.0 21.3 180 12 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.1 15.23 2 950 450 23.4 18.7 75 4.7 20.1 186 32 300.9 303.6 295.1 343.3 14.45 3 900 921 21.6 15.9 70 5.7 17.7 205 43 303.8 306.1 294.7 341.5 12.69 4 850 1416 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.7 224 52 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.2 10.59 5 800 1935 15.1 9.7 70 5.4 11.7 231 55 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.51 6 750 2478 10.2 7.9 86 2.3 8.8 236 56 307.7 309.3 293.0 334.8 8.95 7 700 3048 6.2 5.2 94 1.0 5.6 242 56 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.7 7.95 8 650 3653 3.0 1.5 90 1.5 2.1 251 60 312.3 313.6 292.4 332.8 6.56 9 600 4298 -1.2 -6.3 68 5.1 -3.5 253 63 314.8 315.5 291.0 327.6 3.99 10 550 4988 -4.3 -23.9 20 19.6 -10.1 251 67 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.5 1.01 11 500 5731 -9.6 -28.7 19 19.1 -14.3 251 70 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.9 0.71 12 450 6534 -15.9 -29.5 30 13.6 -19.0 253 75 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.73 13 400 7410 -22.3 -33.0 37 10.6 -24.2 252 77 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.60 14 350 8376 -29.9 -36.2 54 6.3 -30.8 253 82 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.50 15 300 9455 -38.1 -44.0 54 5.9 -38.6 258 90 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.26 16 250 10688 -45.5 -54.0 38 8.6 -45.9 267 100 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.10 17 200 12146 -53.8 -63.8 28 10.0 -54.1 262 76 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 13958 -59.7 -78.6 7 18.9 -59.9 292 72 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.6 282 20 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.02 m Freezing level: 614.07 mb = 4116.43 m = 13505.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.07 mb = 3891.15 m = 12766.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.11 mb = 671.87 m = 2204.28 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 1922.23 m = 6306.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 40.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.38 mb = 1270.92 m = 4169.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.38 mb = 2373.13 m = 7785.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.38 mb = 11250.58 m = 36910.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1349.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.38 mb = 14866.68 m = 48774.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 56.7 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 42.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 763.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 763.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 254.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.93 Bulk Rich Number: 4.85 Bulk Shear: 279.00 m/s