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,-93.66 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 255 22.6 19.7 84 2.9 20.6 194 11 298.2 301.0 294.8 341.9 15.05 2 950 447 23.0 18.6 76 4.4 19.9 194 27 300.5 303.1 294.9 342.6 14.34 3 900 918 21.4 15.7 70 5.7 17.5 209 43 303.5 305.8 294.5 340.7 12.53 4 850 1412 18.9 12.4 66 6.5 14.6 226 53 305.9 307.9 293.8 338.0 10.68 5 800 1930 14.7 10.0 73 4.7 11.7 235 56 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.66 6 750 2472 10.1 7.6 84 2.5 8.6 239 57 307.6 309.2 292.9 334.2 8.77 7 700 3042 5.6 5.1 97 0.5 5.3 243 58 308.7 310.2 292.5 332.8 7.90 8 650 3645 2.1 1.6 96 0.5 1.8 249 59 311.4 312.6 292.3 332.0 6.63 9 600 4288 -2.0 -4.6 82 2.6 -3.3 250 59 313.8 314.6 291.2 328.1 4.52 10 550 4976 -4.7 -20.7 27 16.0 -9.8 252 71 318.5 318.8 289.7 323.1 1.34 11 500 5719 -9.8 -25.0 28 15.2 -13.9 251 76 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.6 1.00 12 450 6522 -15.9 -28.4 33 12.5 -18.8 251 78 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.1 0.82 13 400 7397 -22.8 -31.7 44 8.9 -24.4 250 78 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.68 14 350 8361 -30.4 -36.4 56 6.0 -31.2 252 83 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.49 15 300 9438 -38.3 -44.6 51 6.4 -38.8 260 93 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.4 0.24 16 250 10674 -44.7 -53.6 36 8.9 -45.1 269 101 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.10 17 200 12137 -53.0 -63.2 28 10.2 -53.2 256 74 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 13953 -60.3 -78.5 7 18.2 -60.5 287 74 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16450 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.1 -63.8 282 17 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.13 m Freezing level: 624.33 mb = 3975.45 m = 13042.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 3871.07 m = 12700.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.31 mb = 619.69 m = 2033.07 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.47 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 1929.84 m = 6331.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 40.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1261.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.21 mb = 1359.19 m = 4459.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.21 mb = 2358.64 m = 7738.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.21 mb = 10935.86 m = 35878.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1254.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.21 mb = 14368.67 m = 47140.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 719.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 719.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.27 Bulk Rich Number: 5.08 Bulk Shear: 248.50 m/s