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: 34.31,-93.58 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -93.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 218 23.2 19.9 82 3.3 20.9 189 11 298.5 301.2 294.9 342.4 15.13 2 950 447 23.2 18.7 76 4.5 20.1 191 29 300.7 303.3 295.0 343.0 14.41 3 900 918 21.4 15.8 70 5.6 17.6 207 43 303.6 305.9 294.6 341.1 12.63 4 850 1413 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.7 225 53 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.1 10.66 5 800 1931 14.9 9.9 72 5.0 11.7 233 56 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.62 6 750 2474 10.2 7.7 85 2.5 8.7 238 57 307.6 309.3 292.9 334.5 8.84 7 700 3044 5.8 5.4 97 0.4 5.5 242 58 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.5 8.04 8 650 3648 2.4 1.9 96 0.6 2.1 250 60 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.7 6.76 9 600 4291 -1.8 -5.0 78 3.3 -3.3 252 61 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.0 4.39 10 550 4980 -4.5 -21.2 26 16.7 -9.8 252 70 318.7 319.0 289.7 323.1 1.28 11 500 5723 -9.7 -25.4 26 15.7 -13.9 251 74 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.6 0.97 12 450 6526 -15.8 -28.1 34 12.3 -18.7 252 77 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.3 0.84 13 400 7402 -22.5 -31.8 43 9.3 -24.2 250 77 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.67 14 350 8367 -30.1 -36.0 56 5.9 -31.0 252 82 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.50 15 300 9445 -38.2 -44.1 53 6.0 -38.7 259 91 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.25 16 250 10680 -45.0 -53.3 39 8.3 -45.4 268 100 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.11 17 200 12140 -53.5 -63.1 30 9.6 -53.7 259 74 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.04 18 150 13954 -60.1 -78.6 7 18.5 -60.3 289 73 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.1 281 18 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.97 m Freezing level: 620.93 mb = 4022.07 m = 13195.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.46 mb = 3893.31 m = 12773.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.09 mb = 641.19 m = 2103.61 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.82 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 1929.13 m = 6329.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.09 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 40.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1296.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.42 mb = 1317.69 m = 4323.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.42 mb = 2313.85 m = 7591.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.42 mb = 11101.03 m = 36420.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1289.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.42 mb = 14629.32 m = 47995.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 753.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 753.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 251.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.63 Bulk Rich Number: 4.87 Bulk Shear: 266.00 m/s