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,-93.51 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 981 171 24.3 20.0 77 4.3 21.2 180 12 299.1 301.8 295.1 343.2 15.15 2 950 448 23.5 18.7 74 4.8 20.2 186 31 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.5 14.43 3 900 920 21.6 15.9 70 5.7 17.7 204 42 303.8 306.1 294.7 341.5 12.70 4 850 1415 19.3 12.3 64 7.0 14.7 223 52 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.2 10.61 5 800 1933 15.2 9.7 70 5.5 11.7 231 55 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.50 6 750 2476 10.3 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 236 56 307.7 309.4 293.0 334.8 8.92 7 700 3047 6.1 5.8 98 0.3 5.9 242 56 309.2 310.8 292.9 334.6 8.29 8 650 3652 3.0 2.4 96 0.5 2.7 251 61 312.3 313.7 292.9 334.2 7.03 9 600 4297 -1.4 -5.3 75 3.9 -3.2 253 63 314.5 315.4 291.2 328.2 4.30 10 550 4986 -4.2 -24.0 20 19.8 -10.1 252 68 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 1.00 11 500 5730 -9.5 -27.9 21 18.4 -14.2 251 71 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.1 0.77 12 450 6533 -15.9 -28.8 32 13.0 -18.8 253 76 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.78 13 400 7410 -22.2 -32.7 38 10.5 -24.2 252 77 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.61 14 350 8375 -30.0 -36.1 55 6.1 -30.8 253 81 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.50 15 300 9454 -38.1 -44.2 52 6.1 -38.6 258 90 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.25 16 250 10688 -45.4 -54.1 37 8.7 -45.8 267 100 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.10 17 200 12146 -53.8 -63.8 29 9.9 -54.1 263 76 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 13958 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.9 -60.0 292 72 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.4 -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: 5729.40 m Freezing level: 615.77 mb = 4093.30 m = 13429.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.33 mb = 3937.87 m = 12919.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.13 mb = 717.50 m = 2353.96 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 20.92 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.90 mb = 1934.42 m = 6346.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.64 mb = 1297.00 m = 4255.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.64 mb = 2291.80 m = 7518.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.64 mb = 11329.02 m = 37168.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1346.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.64 mb = 14531.27 m = 47674.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 57.2 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 42.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 768.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 768.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 256.1 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: 5.97 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 284.60 m/s