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,-93.82 Latitude: 34.25 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 974 235 23.0 19.7 81 3.4 20.7 192 11 298.5 301.2 294.8 342.0 14.97 2 950 448 23.5 18.4 73 5.1 19.9 193 27 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.6 14.16 3 900 920 21.8 15.3 67 6.5 17.4 211 42 304.0 306.3 294.4 340.5 12.26 4 850 1415 18.9 12.4 66 6.5 14.7 227 50 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.1 10.71 5 800 1933 14.8 10.0 73 4.8 11.7 236 54 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.67 6 750 2475 10.2 7.4 83 2.8 8.5 243 55 307.6 309.3 292.8 333.9 8.66 7 700 3045 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.2 247 56 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.5 7.81 8 650 3648 2.0 1.6 97 0.4 1.8 247 58 311.2 312.5 292.2 331.8 6.63 9 600 4291 -2.1 -5.6 77 3.4 -3.7 245 58 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.21 10 550 4979 -4.4 -25.3 18 20.8 -10.4 252 70 318.8 319.0 289.3 321.9 0.89 11 500 5722 -9.7 -28.6 20 18.9 -14.3 252 76 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.8 0.72 12 450 6525 -16.0 -31.2 26 15.3 -19.1 253 78 323.2 323.3 290.4 325.4 0.63 13 400 7400 -22.8 -33.5 37 10.7 -24.7 252 79 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.56 14 350 8363 -30.3 -37.9 47 7.6 -31.3 254 85 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.4 0.42 15 300 9441 -38.2 -47.0 39 8.8 -38.8 260 95 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.18 16 250 10678 -44.5 -56.7 25 12.2 -45.0 271 103 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.07 17 200 12144 -52.6 -65.6 19 13.0 -52.8 256 75 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 13959 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.7 -60.7 288 73 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16451 -63.8 -83.7 5 19.9 -64.0 283 19 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.28 m Freezing level: 625.61 mb = 3961.68 m = 12997.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.86 mb = 3850.11 m = 12631.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.80 mb = 664.13 m = 2178.89 ft T: 22.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 1961.60 m = 6435.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 40.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1250.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.78 mb = 1417.24 m = 4649.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.78 mb = 2422.01 m = 7946.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.78 mb = 10816.94 m = 35488.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1246.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.78 mb = 14176.99 m = 46511.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 57.2 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 42.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 675.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 675.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 225.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.94 Bulk Rich Number: 5.15 Bulk Shear: 243.06 m/s