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: 34.25,-93.35 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 981 171 23.5 20.1 81 3.4 21.1 182 12 298.3 301.0 295.0 342.6 15.28 2 950 450 23.1 18.7 77 4.3 20.1 187 32 300.6 303.2 295.0 343.0 14.46 3 900 922 21.5 15.8 70 5.7 17.7 206 44 303.7 306.0 294.6 341.3 12.65 4 850 1416 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.6 225 52 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.0 10.55 5 800 1935 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 232 56 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.1 9.54 6 750 2478 10.1 7.9 86 2.3 8.8 236 57 307.6 309.2 293.0 334.7 8.94 7 700 3048 6.1 4.4 89 1.7 5.1 243 57 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.3 7.50 8 650 3653 2.8 0.2 83 2.6 1.4 251 59 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.7 5.97 9 600 4297 -1.1 -7.4 62 6.4 -3.9 252 61 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.6 3.65 10 550 4986 -4.5 -22.6 23 18.1 -9.9 250 66 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.7 1.13 11 500 5729 -9.7 -28.3 20 18.6 -14.3 251 70 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.9 0.75 12 450 6532 -16.0 -29.8 29 13.8 -19.0 252 74 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.72 13 400 7408 -22.5 -32.6 39 10.2 -24.3 252 77 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.61 14 350 8373 -30.0 -36.2 55 6.2 -30.9 252 82 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.49 15 300 9451 -38.2 -43.6 57 5.4 -38.7 258 90 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.27 16 250 10685 -45.5 -53.1 42 7.5 -45.9 266 100 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.11 17 200 12141 -53.8 -63.2 31 9.4 -54.0 261 76 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 13955 -59.6 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.8 291 70 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16449 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.5 281 19 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.89 m Freezing level: 613.95 mb = 4117.02 m = 13507.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.03 mb = 3814.70 m = 12515.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.03 mb = 598.21 m = 1962.62 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 20.32 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 1916.18 m = 6286.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 39.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1333.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.51 mb = 1250.01 m = 4101.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.51 mb = 2349.71 m = 7708.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.51 mb = 11186.32 m = 36700.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.51 mb = 14764.66 m = 48439.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 56.8 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 42.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 766.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 766.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 255.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.86 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 268.56 m/s