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: 34.45,-93.35 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 222 22.4 19.9 86 2.5 20.7 191 12 297.7 300.5 294.7 341.7 15.17 2 950 447 22.6 18.7 79 3.9 19.9 192 30 300.1 302.8 294.9 342.5 14.47 3 900 918 21.2 15.8 71 5.4 17.5 207 46 303.4 305.7 294.6 340.9 12.63 4 850 1413 19.2 12.1 63 7.1 14.6 226 56 306.2 308.2 293.8 337.8 10.48 5 800 1931 15.0 9.9 71 5.1 11.7 233 58 307.1 308.9 293.3 336.1 9.59 6 750 2474 10.1 7.7 85 2.5 8.6 236 59 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.2 8.80 7 700 3044 5.8 4.2 89 1.6 4.9 242 59 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.6 7.40 8 650 3647 2.3 -0.1 84 2.4 1.0 250 59 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.7 5.84 9 600 4290 -1.4 -7.2 64 5.8 -4.0 252 60 314.5 315.2 290.7 326.4 3.70 10 550 4979 -4.8 -19.8 30 15.0 -9.7 251 69 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.3 1.44 11 500 5721 -9.8 -24.8 28 15.0 -13.9 250 74 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.7 1.02 12 450 6524 -16.0 -28.1 35 12.1 -18.8 250 76 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.84 13 400 7399 -22.7 -31.2 46 8.5 -24.3 249 78 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.1 0.71 14 350 8364 -30.2 -35.6 59 5.4 -31.0 250 81 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.52 15 300 9441 -38.4 -42.9 63 4.5 -38.8 258 89 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.4 0.29 16 250 10673 -45.5 -50.7 55 5.2 -45.8 265 99 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.15 17 200 12129 -53.8 -61.5 39 7.7 -54.0 259 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 13948 -59.2 -78.8 6 19.6 -59.4 289 69 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16448 -63.8 -83.7 5 19.9 -64.0 278 16 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.96 m Freezing level: 619.13 mb = 4044.06 m = 13267.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.92 mb = 3772.62 m = 12377.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.75 mb = 541.85 m = 1777.70 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.41 mb = 1937.12 m = 6355.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.29 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.78 mb = 1273.50 m = 4178.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.78 mb = 2375.84 m = 7794.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.78 mb = 11252.17 m = 36916.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1279.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.78 mb = 14427.29 m = 47333.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 58.9 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 44.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 795.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 795.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 265.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.92 Bulk Rich Number: 4.99 Bulk Shear: 258.76 m/s