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: 34.36,-93.49 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 217 23.0 19.9 83 3.1 20.8 190 12 298.2 301.0 294.9 342.4 15.19 2 950 447 22.9 18.8 77 4.2 20.1 191 29 300.5 303.1 295.0 343.0 14.50 3 900 918 21.2 15.9 72 5.3 17.6 206 44 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.2 12.74 4 850 1412 19.1 12.3 65 6.8 14.7 225 54 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.2 10.64 5 800 1930 15.0 9.9 72 5.0 11.8 232 57 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.3 9.64 6 750 2473 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 236 59 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.6 8.89 7 700 3043 5.8 5.3 97 0.5 5.5 241 59 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.4 8.02 8 650 3647 2.5 1.7 94 0.8 2.0 250 60 311.8 313.0 292.4 332.4 6.66 9 600 4291 -1.7 -5.1 78 3.4 -3.3 254 61 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.1 4.37 10 550 4980 -4.6 -19.3 31 14.7 -9.4 253 70 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.8 1.51 11 500 5722 -9.7 -23.9 30 14.2 -13.7 251 75 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.1 1.11 12 450 6526 -15.8 -27.0 38 11.2 -18.4 251 76 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.7 0.93 13 400 7402 -22.4 -30.9 46 8.5 -24.0 249 77 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.73 14 350 8367 -30.1 -35.4 60 5.3 -30.8 250 80 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.2 0.54 15 300 9445 -38.2 -43.1 60 5.0 -38.6 259 89 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.28 16 250 10679 -45.2 -52.0 46 6.8 -45.5 267 99 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.4 0.13 17 200 12136 -53.9 -62.2 35 8.3 -54.1 260 74 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 13951 -59.9 -78.7 7 18.9 -60.1 289 73 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 280 17 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.49 m Freezing level: 620.31 mb = 4029.36 m = 13219.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.92 mb = 3886.78 m = 12751.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.95 mb = 604.51 m = 1983.29 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.19 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 1917.96 m = 6292.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1297.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.28 mb = 1278.04 m = 4192.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.28 mb = 2380.92 m = 7811.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.28 mb = 11272.79 m = 36983.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1286.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.28 mb = 14452.28 m = 47415.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 59.0 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 44.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 787.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 787.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 262.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.87 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 272.12 m/s