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: 34.26,-93.37 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 980 176 23.5 20.1 81 3.4 21.1 183 12 298.3 301.1 295.0 342.6 15.26 2 950 450 23.1 18.7 77 4.3 20.1 188 32 300.6 303.3 295.0 343.0 14.46 3 900 921 21.5 15.8 70 5.6 17.7 206 44 303.6 306.0 294.6 341.3 12.66 4 850 1416 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.6 225 53 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.0 10.56 5 800 1934 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 232 56 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.1 9.55 6 750 2477 10.1 7.9 86 2.3 8.8 236 57 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.7 8.93 7 700 3047 6.1 4.5 90 1.5 5.2 243 57 309.2 310.7 292.4 332.5 7.59 8 650 3652 2.8 0.4 85 2.3 1.5 251 59 312.1 313.2 292.0 331.1 6.08 9 600 4296 -1.1 -7.1 64 5.9 -3.8 252 61 314.8 315.5 290.8 326.8 3.75 10 550 4986 -4.5 -22.3 23 17.8 -9.9 251 67 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.8 1.16 11 500 5729 -9.7 -27.7 21 18.1 -14.2 251 71 321.3 321.4 290.0 324.0 0.78 12 450 6532 -16.0 -29.5 30 13.5 -19.0 252 74 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.74 13 400 7407 -22.5 -32.5 40 10.0 -24.3 252 77 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.1 0.63 14 350 8372 -30.0 -36.1 55 6.1 -30.9 252 82 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.50 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 10684 -45.5 -53.0 43 7.5 -45.9 266 100 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.11 17 200 12141 -53.8 -63.1 31 9.3 -54.0 261 76 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 13955 -59.6 -78.6 7 19.0 -59.8 291 71 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16449 -64.3 -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: 5725.60 m Freezing level: 614.71 mb = 4106.63 m = 13473.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.00 mb = 3827.16 m = 12556.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.27 mb = 604.85 m = 1984.38 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 1917.70 m = 6291.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 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: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1333.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.88 mb = 1255.67 m = 4119.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.88 mb = 2356.04 m = 7729.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.88 mb = 11203.40 m = 36756.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1329.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.88 mb = 14793.57 m = 48534.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 57.0 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 768.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 768.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 256.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.88 Bulk Rich Number: 4.95 Bulk Shear: 269.61 m/s