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: 34.58,-92.96 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 980 180 22.7 19.8 84 2.9 20.7 186 13 297.6 300.3 294.6 341.0 15.01 2 950 450 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.7 192 34 300.3 302.9 294.7 341.6 14.08 3 900 920 21.4 15.2 68 6.2 17.2 209 49 303.6 305.8 294.3 339.8 12.18 4 850 1415 19.1 11.6 62 7.5 14.3 226 55 306.2 308.0 293.5 336.7 10.15 5 800 1933 14.9 9.5 70 5.3 11.5 232 57 307.0 308.7 293.2 335.3 9.38 6 750 2475 9.9 7.4 85 2.5 8.4 236 57 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.5 8.65 7 700 3045 6.0 2.2 77 3.8 3.9 246 55 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.0 6.44 8 650 3648 2.5 -3.4 65 5.8 -0.4 250 55 311.8 312.6 290.6 326.2 4.59 9 600 4292 -0.3 -13.0 38 12.8 -5.3 244 60 315.8 316.2 289.8 323.5 2.33 10 550 4982 -4.8 -20.8 27 16.0 -9.9 243 63 318.4 318.6 289.6 322.9 1.32 11 500 5724 -10.0 -26.6 24 16.6 -14.3 247 68 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.9 0.87 12 450 6525 -16.8 -30.2 30 13.4 -19.6 247 74 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.69 13 400 7397 -23.3 -32.3 43 9.0 -24.9 250 79 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.0 0.63 14 350 8360 -30.5 -36.7 55 6.2 -31.3 250 84 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.4 0.47 15 300 9437 -38.9 -43.9 59 5.0 -39.3 256 92 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.26 16 250 10665 -46.5 -50.5 64 3.9 -46.7 262 100 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.15 17 200 12118 -54.0 -61.1 41 7.1 -54.1 259 80 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 13943 -57.4 -79.5 4 22.1 -57.7 291 60 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16445 -64.2 -83.7 5 19.6 -64.3 278 16 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.34 m Freezing level: 605.15 mb = 4225.61 m = 13863.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.50 mb = 3592.10 m = 11784.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.76 mb = 544.01 m = 1784.80 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.85 mb = 1955.57 m = 6415.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.72 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1259.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.21 mb = 1291.59 m = 4237.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.21 mb = 2394.79 m = 7856.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.21 mb = 11287.27 m = 37031.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1247.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.21 mb = 14058.95 m = 46124.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 56.3 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 746.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 746.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 248.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.45 Bulk Rich Number: 5.81 Bulk Shear: 216.77 m/s