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: 34.52,-93.59 Latitude: 34.52 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 969 275 21.9 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 200 12 297.8 300.5 294.7 341.4 15.04 2 950 445 22.6 18.6 78 4.0 19.9 197 27 300.1 302.8 294.8 342.2 14.38 3 900 915 21.0 15.8 72 5.2 17.5 209 44 303.2 305.5 294.4 340.6 12.62 4 850 1410 18.8 12.3 66 6.5 14.6 227 55 305.8 307.8 293.7 337.8 10.63 5 800 1927 14.7 9.9 73 4.8 11.6 235 57 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.8 9.60 6 750 2470 10.1 7.4 84 2.7 8.5 239 59 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.8 8.66 7 700 3039 5.5 4.7 95 0.7 5.1 242 60 308.6 310.0 292.3 332.1 7.69 8 650 3642 1.9 1.1 94 0.8 1.5 249 59 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.0 6.40 9 600 4284 -2.2 -4.5 84 2.3 -3.3 252 58 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.0 4.57 10 550 4971 -4.9 -18.0 35 13.1 -9.4 252 72 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.9 1.68 11 500 5714 -9.9 -22.7 34 12.8 -13.6 250 78 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.23 12 450 6517 -15.9 -26.9 38 11.0 -18.5 249 78 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.6 0.94 13 400 7392 -22.8 -30.5 49 7.7 -24.3 247 78 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.1 0.76 14 350 8356 -30.4 -35.8 60 5.3 -31.2 250 82 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.52 15 300 9432 -38.4 -43.6 58 5.2 -38.8 260 92 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.27 16 250 10668 -44.6 -51.8 44 7.2 -45.0 268 100 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.13 17 200 12130 -53.1 -61.9 34 8.8 -53.3 255 73 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 13948 -60.3 -78.7 7 18.4 -60.4 286 74 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.6 281 14 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.77 m Freezing level: 626.96 mb = 3937.94 m = 12919.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.55 mb = 3835.04 m = 12582.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.32 mb = 561.93 m = 1843.59 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 18.33 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 1925.20 m = 6316.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1243.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.34 mb = 1335.22 m = 4380.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.34 mb = 2332.46 m = 7652.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.34 mb = 10871.49 m = 35667.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1235.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.34 mb = 14270.76 m = 46819.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 59.8 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 44.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 739.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 739.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.35 Bulk Rich Number: 5.10 Bulk Shear: 243.80 m/s