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,-93.66 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 212 23.4 19.8 80 3.6 20.9 188 11 298.6 301.4 294.9 342.5 15.08 2 950 448 23.4 18.6 74 4.8 20.1 190 29 300.9 303.5 295.0 343.0 14.31 3 900 920 21.6 15.6 69 6.0 17.5 208 42 303.8 306.1 294.6 341.0 12.50 4 850 1414 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.7 225 52 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.2 10.67 5 800 1932 14.9 9.9 72 5.0 11.7 234 55 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.61 6 750 2475 10.2 7.6 84 2.6 8.6 239 56 307.7 309.3 292.9 334.3 8.79 7 700 3045 5.8 5.3 97 0.5 5.5 244 57 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.3 8.01 8 650 3649 2.4 1.9 96 0.5 2.1 249 59 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.7 6.77 9 600 4293 -1.8 -5.3 77 3.5 -3.4 250 60 314.0 314.9 291.0 327.7 4.28 10 550 4981 -4.4 -23.4 21 19.0 -10.1 252 69 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.5 1.05 11 500 5724 -9.6 -27.3 22 17.6 -14.2 252 74 321.3 321.4 290.0 324.2 0.82 12 450 6528 -15.9 -29.5 30 13.6 -18.9 253 77 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.74 13 400 7403 -22.6 -32.7 39 10.2 -24.4 251 78 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.61 14 350 8368 -30.2 -36.8 52 6.6 -31.1 253 83 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.47 15 300 9446 -38.1 -45.2 47 7.1 -38.7 259 92 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.22 16 250 10682 -44.9 -54.7 33 9.8 -45.4 269 101 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.7 0.09 17 200 12143 -53.2 -64.1 25 10.9 -53.5 259 75 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 13957 -60.2 -78.5 7 18.3 -60.4 289 73 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.2 282 19 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.86 m Freezing level: 621.44 mb = 4016.63 m = 13177.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.88 mb = 3889.26 m = 12759.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.26 mb = 668.76 m = 2194.07 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.02 mb = 1942.77 m = 6373.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 40.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1288.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.26 mb = 1350.80 m = 4431.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.26 mb = 2349.92 m = 7709.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.26 mb = 11191.91 m = 36718.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1275.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.26 mb = 14326.29 m = 47001.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.9 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 271.9 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 726.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 726.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.41 Bulk Rich Number: 4.92 Bulk Shear: 261.61 m/s