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,-93.51 Latitude: 34.25 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 978 190 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.1 184 12 298.8 301.5 295.0 342.9 15.17 2 950 448 23.3 18.7 75 4.6 20.1 188 30 300.8 303.5 295.1 343.3 14.45 3 900 919 21.4 15.9 71 5.6 17.7 205 43 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.4 12.71 4 850 1414 19.2 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 224 53 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.2 10.62 5 800 1932 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 232 56 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.1 9.56 6 750 2475 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 236 57 307.7 309.4 293.0 334.7 8.90 7 700 3045 6.0 5.6 98 0.3 5.8 242 57 309.1 310.6 292.8 334.1 8.20 8 650 3650 2.8 2.2 96 0.6 2.4 251 60 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.6 6.90 9 600 4294 -1.5 -5.2 76 3.6 -3.2 254 63 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.2 4.35 10 550 4984 -4.4 -21.9 24 17.6 -9.8 252 69 318.9 319.2 289.7 323.0 1.20 11 500 5727 -9.6 -26.1 25 16.5 -14.0 251 73 321.3 321.5 290.1 324.5 0.91 12 450 6530 -15.8 -28.1 34 12.3 -18.7 253 76 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.3 0.84 13 400 7407 -22.3 -32.0 41 9.7 -24.1 251 77 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.66 14 350 8372 -30.0 -35.8 57 5.8 -30.8 252 81 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.52 15 300 9450 -38.1 -43.8 55 5.7 -38.6 258 90 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.26 16 250 10685 -45.3 -53.3 40 8.0 -45.7 267 100 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.11 17 200 12142 -53.8 -63.1 31 9.3 -54.1 262 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 13955 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.9 -60.0 291 73 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.2 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.4 281 19 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.23 m Freezing level: 617.66 mb = 4066.66 m = 13341.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.47 mb = 3921.16 m = 12864.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.70 mb = 673.54 m = 2209.75 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 20.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.39 mb = 1928.02 m = 6325.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 40.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1330.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.19 mb = 1290.40 m = 4233.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.19 mb = 2394.80 m = 7856.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.19 mb = 11309.47 m = 37104.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1322.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.19 mb = 14504.25 m = 47585.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 57.9 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 43.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 774.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 774.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 258.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.92 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 279.56 m/s