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: 34.41,-93.37 Latitude: 34.41 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 976 215 22.6 19.9 85 2.7 20.8 190 12 297.9 300.6 294.8 342.0 15.19 2 950 448 22.7 18.7 78 4.0 19.9 191 30 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.6 14.48 3 900 919 21.2 15.8 71 5.4 17.5 206 45 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.0 12.65 4 850 1413 19.2 12.1 64 7.0 14.6 225 55 306.2 308.2 293.8 337.9 10.52 5 800 1931 15.0 9.9 71 5.1 11.7 233 57 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.59 6 750 2474 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 236 59 307.6 309.2 292.9 334.4 8.83 7 700 3044 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.0 242 59 309.0 310.4 292.2 331.9 7.50 8 650 3648 2.4 0.2 85 2.2 1.2 250 59 311.6 312.8 291.7 330.2 5.96 9 600 4291 -1.4 -6.9 66 5.5 -3.9 253 60 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.7 3.80 10 550 4980 -4.7 -20.0 29 15.3 -9.6 251 68 318.5 318.7 289.8 323.3 1.42 11 500 5722 -9.8 -25.0 28 15.3 -13.9 250 74 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.6 1.00 12 450 6525 -16.0 -28.1 34 12.2 -18.8 250 76 323.2 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.84 13 400 7401 -22.6 -31.3 45 8.7 -24.2 250 77 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.1 0.70 14 350 8365 -30.2 -35.7 59 5.5 -31.0 250 81 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.52 15 300 9443 -38.3 -43.0 61 4.7 -38.7 258 89 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.29 16 250 10676 -45.4 -51.2 52 5.8 -45.7 266 99 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.14 17 200 12132 -53.8 -61.8 37 8.0 -54.0 259 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 13949 -59.4 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.6 289 70 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16448 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 279 16 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.19 m Freezing level: 618.63 mb = 4051.39 m = 13291.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.31 mb = 3793.67 m = 12446.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.31 mb = 555.66 m = 1823.00 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 19.35 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.10 mb = 1930.41 m = 6333.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.30 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 39.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1297.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.25 mb = 1269.27 m = 4164.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.25 mb = 2371.13 m = 7779.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.25 mb = 11241.29 m = 36880.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1287.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.25 mb = 14407.71 m = 47268.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 789.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 789.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.90 Bulk Rich Number: 4.96 Bulk Shear: 261.84 m/s