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,-93.59 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 181 24.0 19.9 78 4.1 21.2 182 12 299.0 301.7 295.0 343.0 15.11 2 950 448 23.6 18.6 74 5.0 20.1 187 30 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.3 14.36 3 900 920 21.7 15.7 69 6.0 17.7 206 42 303.9 306.2 294.6 341.3 12.58 4 850 1415 19.2 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 224 51 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.3 10.63 5 800 1934 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 232 55 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.1 9.55 6 750 2477 10.3 7.7 84 2.5 8.8 237 56 307.7 309.4 293.0 334.6 8.85 7 700 3047 5.9 5.6 97 0.4 5.7 243 56 309.1 310.6 292.8 334.0 8.17 8 650 3652 2.7 2.2 96 0.5 2.5 250 60 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.6 6.93 9 600 4296 -1.5 -5.5 74 4.0 -3.4 251 62 314.3 315.2 291.1 327.8 4.22 10 550 4985 -4.2 -24.7 19 20.5 -10.1 252 68 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.3 0.94 11 500 5729 -9.6 -28.3 20 18.8 -14.2 252 72 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.74 12 450 6532 -15.9 -29.5 30 13.7 -18.9 253 76 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.74 13 400 7408 -22.4 -33.1 37 10.7 -24.3 252 77 325.9 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.59 14 350 8373 -30.0 -36.6 53 6.6 -30.9 253 82 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.48 15 300 9452 -38.1 -44.9 49 6.9 -38.7 258 91 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.23 16 250 10687 -45.2 -54.8 33 9.5 -45.6 268 101 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.09 17 200 12146 -53.6 -64.2 26 10.6 -53.8 262 75 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 13959 -60.0 -78.5 7 18.6 -60.2 291 73 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.3 -64.5 282 20 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.56 m Freezing level: 617.95 mb = 4064.49 m = 13334.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.98 mb = 3916.19 m = 12848.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.32 mb = 706.55 m = 2318.06 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.12 mb = 1942.93 m = 6374.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.30 C = 90.15 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 40.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1326.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.96 mb = 1324.38 m = 4345.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.96 mb = 2321.49 m = 7616.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.96 mb = 11120.52 m = 36484.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1324.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.96 mb = 14653.67 m = 48075.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 57.1 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 748.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 748.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 249.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.71 Bulk Rich Number: 4.81 Bulk Shear: 275.84 m/s