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,-93.82 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 207 23.4 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 188 11 298.6 301.3 294.8 342.2 14.99 2 950 449 23.7 18.4 72 5.3 20.0 192 28 301.2 303.8 295.0 342.8 14.14 3 900 921 22.0 15.3 66 6.7 17.5 211 42 304.1 306.4 294.4 340.6 12.23 4 850 1416 19.0 12.4 65 6.6 14.7 226 50 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.3 10.71 5 800 1934 14.9 10.0 72 4.9 11.8 236 54 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.3 9.68 6 750 2477 10.3 7.4 82 2.9 8.6 242 55 307.7 309.4 292.8 334.0 8.66 7 700 3047 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.2 247 56 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.6 7.82 8 650 3651 2.1 1.7 97 0.4 1.8 246 58 311.3 312.6 292.2 332.0 6.65 9 600 4293 -2.0 -6.2 73 4.2 -4.0 245 58 313.8 314.6 290.7 326.5 4.00 10 550 4981 -4.3 -26.8 15 22.5 -10.5 252 69 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.7 0.78 11 500 5725 -9.6 -29.6 18 20.0 -14.4 253 75 321.3 321.5 289.9 323.7 0.66 12 450 6528 -15.9 -31.7 24 15.9 -19.2 254 78 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.60 13 400 7404 -22.6 -34.0 35 11.4 -24.6 252 79 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.54 14 350 8368 -30.2 -38.1 46 8.0 -31.2 254 85 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.41 15 300 9446 -38.1 -47.3 37 9.3 -38.8 259 94 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.18 16 250 10683 -44.7 -57.1 24 12.4 -45.2 271 103 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12147 -52.8 -65.9 19 13.1 -53.1 258 75 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 13961 -60.5 -78.2 8 17.7 -60.7 289 73 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16452 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.2 283 20 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.27 m Freezing level: 624.57 mb = 3977.31 m = 13048.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.17 mb = 3848.43 m = 12625.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.63 mb = 676.25 m = 2218.65 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 21.11 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.58 mb = 1970.51 m = 6464.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 40.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1258.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.98 mb = 1406.44 m = 4614.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.98 mb = 2410.52 m = 7908.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.98 mb = 11061.67 m = 36291.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1247.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.98 mb = 14563.82 m = 47780.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 56.9 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 42.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 688.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 688.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 229.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.00 Bulk Shear: 251.90 m/s