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,-93.59 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 241 22.7 19.8 84 2.9 20.7 193 11 298.2 300.9 294.8 342.1 15.11 2 950 447 22.9 18.7 77 4.3 20.0 193 28 300.5 303.1 295.0 342.7 14.41 3 900 918 21.3 15.8 71 5.5 17.5 207 43 303.4 305.8 294.6 340.9 12.63 4 850 1412 18.9 12.4 66 6.6 14.7 226 54 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.1 10.67 5 800 1930 14.8 10.0 73 4.8 11.7 234 56 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.66 6 750 2472 10.1 7.7 85 2.5 8.6 238 58 307.6 309.2 292.9 334.4 8.82 7 700 3043 5.7 5.2 97 0.4 5.4 242 59 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.1 7.96 8 650 3646 2.3 1.7 96 0.6 2.0 249 59 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.2 6.65 9 600 4289 -1.9 -4.7 81 2.8 -3.3 252 60 313.9 314.8 291.2 328.1 4.48 10 550 4977 -4.7 -19.8 29 15.1 -9.6 252 70 318.6 318.8 289.8 323.5 1.44 11 500 5720 -9.8 -24.3 30 14.5 -13.8 251 75 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.07 12 450 6523 -15.8 -27.6 36 11.8 -18.6 251 77 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.88 13 400 7399 -22.6 -31.2 45 8.6 -24.2 249 78 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.71 14 350 8363 -30.2 -35.9 58 5.6 -31.0 251 82 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.51 15 300 9441 -38.2 -43.9 55 5.7 -38.7 259 91 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.26 16 250 10676 -44.9 -52.7 41 7.9 -45.3 268 100 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.12 17 200 12136 -53.4 -62.6 32 9.2 -53.6 258 73 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 13952 -60.2 -78.6 7 18.5 -60.3 288 74 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16450 -63.8 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.9 281 16 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.62 m Freezing level: 622.93 mb = 3994.06 m = 13103.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.27 mb = 3880.82 m = 12732.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.43 mb = 609.11 m = 1998.37 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 19.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 1923.65 m = 6311.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1273.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.71 mb = 1323.71 m = 4342.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.71 mb = 2320.18 m = 7612.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.71 mb = 11116.88 m = 36472.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1262.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.71 mb = 14215.71 m = 46638.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 58.8 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 44.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 750.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 750.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 250.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.52 Bulk Rich Number: 4.93 Bulk Shear: 258.45 m/s