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,-93.43 Latitude: 34.25 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 980 181 23.6 20.0 80 3.6 21.1 183 12 298.5 301.3 295.0 342.8 15.23 2 950 449 23.2 18.7 76 4.5 20.1 188 31 300.7 303.4 295.1 343.2 14.46 3 900 920 21.5 15.9 70 5.6 17.7 205 43 303.6 306.0 294.6 341.3 12.69 4 850 1415 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.7 224 53 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.1 10.59 5 800 1933 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 232 56 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.1 9.55 6 750 2476 10.2 7.9 85 2.3 8.8 236 57 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.7 8.92 7 700 3047 6.0 5.1 93 1.0 5.5 242 57 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.3 7.88 8 650 3651 2.8 1.3 90 1.5 2.0 251 60 312.1 313.3 292.3 332.3 6.47 9 600 4295 -1.3 -6.1 70 4.8 -3.5 253 62 314.6 315.4 291.0 327.5 4.03 10 550 4985 -4.4 -22.2 24 17.8 -9.9 251 68 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.9 1.17 11 500 5728 -9.6 -27.0 23 17.4 -14.1 251 71 321.3 321.5 290.0 324.2 0.83 12 450 6531 -15.9 -28.8 32 12.9 -18.8 252 75 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.0 0.79 13 400 7407 -22.4 -32.3 40 9.9 -24.2 251 77 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.64 14 350 8373 -30.0 -36.0 56 5.9 -30.9 252 81 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.51 15 300 9451 -38.2 -43.7 56 5.5 -38.6 258 90 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.27 16 250 10685 -45.4 -53.1 41 7.7 -45.8 266 100 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 17 200 12142 -53.8 -63.1 31 9.3 -54.1 261 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 13955 -59.7 -78.6 7 18.9 -59.9 291 72 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16449 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.4 281 19 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.19 m Freezing level: 615.89 mb = 4090.76 m = 13420.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.17 mb = 3875.08 m = 12713.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.58 mb = 638.35 m = 2094.29 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 20.27 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 1920.95 m = 6302.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.06 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 40.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1334.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.39 mb = 1269.67 m = 4165.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.39 mb = 2371.69 m = 7781.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.39 mb = 11246.54 m = 36897.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1329.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.39 mb = 14406.54 m = 47264.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 57.4 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 43.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 771.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 771.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 257.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.91 Bulk Rich Number: 4.86 Bulk Shear: 274.90 m/s