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: 34.38,-93.27 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 978 195 22.8 20.0 84 2.8 20.9 186 12 297.8 300.5 294.8 342.0 15.23 2 950 450 22.7 18.7 78 4.0 19.9 189 32 300.3 302.9 294.9 342.6 14.45 3 900 920 21.4 15.7 70 5.7 17.5 207 46 303.6 305.9 294.6 340.9 12.58 4 850 1415 19.3 12.0 63 7.3 14.6 225 54 306.3 308.3 293.7 337.7 10.43 5 800 1934 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 232 57 307.2 309.0 293.3 336.0 9.52 6 750 2476 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 236 58 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.3 8.82 7 700 3046 6.0 3.6 85 2.4 4.6 243 57 309.1 310.5 292.0 331.0 7.11 8 650 3650 2.5 -1.1 78 3.5 0.7 251 58 311.7 312.8 291.4 328.8 5.46 9 600 4294 -1.0 -8.9 55 7.8 -4.4 251 60 314.9 315.5 290.4 325.4 3.26 10 550 4983 -4.7 -21.9 25 17.1 -10.0 249 67 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.6 1.21 11 500 5725 -9.8 -27.5 22 17.7 -14.3 250 71 321.1 321.3 289.9 323.9 0.80 12 450 6528 -16.1 -29.8 30 13.7 -19.1 250 74 323.0 323.1 290.4 325.5 0.71 13 400 7403 -22.7 -32.3 42 9.5 -24.5 251 78 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.8 0.64 14 350 8367 -30.2 -36.1 56 5.9 -31.0 251 82 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.50 15 300 9445 -38.4 -43.2 61 4.8 -38.8 258 90 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.28 16 250 10677 -45.7 -51.4 53 5.6 -46.0 265 99 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.14 17 200 12132 -53.8 -62.1 36 8.3 -54.0 260 77 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 13951 -59.0 -78.7 6 19.7 -59.2 290 68 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16448 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.3 279 17 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.83 m Freezing level: 614.79 mb = 4103.33 m = 13462.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.48 mb = 3731.23 m = 12241.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.94 mb = 542.33 m = 1779.26 ft T: 22.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.97 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 1935.68 m = 6350.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1311.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.82 mb = 1255.62 m = 4119.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.82 mb = 2355.98 m = 7729.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.82 mb = 11197.60 m = 36737.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1306.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.82 mb = 14339.73 m = 47045.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 57.6 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 43.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 784.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 784.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 261.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.93 Bulk Rich Number: 5.08 Bulk Shear: 258.01 m/s