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,-93.19 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 210 22.4 19.8 85 2.7 20.6 191 12 297.6 300.4 294.6 341.2 15.02 2 950 447 22.8 18.4 77 4.3 19.8 194 32 300.3 302.9 294.8 341.9 14.19 3 900 918 21.3 15.4 69 5.8 17.4 209 48 303.4 305.7 294.3 340.1 12.35 4 850 1412 19.1 11.7 62 7.4 14.3 227 55 306.2 308.1 293.6 336.9 10.23 5 800 1930 14.9 9.4 69 5.5 11.4 233 57 307.1 308.8 293.1 335.2 9.29 6 750 2473 10.0 7.1 82 2.9 8.2 237 59 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.1 8.46 7 700 3042 5.8 2.9 81 2.9 4.2 245 57 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.76 8 650 3645 2.2 -1.6 76 3.8 0.3 250 57 311.4 312.4 291.1 327.8 5.23 9 600 4288 -1.0 -9.3 53 8.3 -4.6 247 60 315.0 315.6 290.3 325.1 3.15 10 550 4977 -4.8 -19.9 29 15.1 -9.7 247 66 318.4 318.6 289.8 323.2 1.43 11 500 5719 -9.9 -24.9 28 14.9 -14.0 248 72 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.02 12 450 6521 -16.4 -28.8 33 12.4 -19.2 248 75 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.79 13 400 7395 -23.1 -31.7 45 8.6 -24.6 249 78 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.68 14 350 8358 -30.5 -36.4 56 5.9 -31.3 249 83 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.4 0.48 15 300 9434 -38.7 -43.7 59 5.0 -39.1 257 92 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.26 16 250 10665 -45.9 -50.7 58 4.8 -46.2 264 99 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.15 17 200 12121 -53.7 -61.2 40 7.5 -53.9 258 77 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 13944 -58.3 -79.1 5 20.7 -58.6 289 65 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16447 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 278 15 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.93 m Freezing level: 615.86 mb = 4084.19 m = 13399.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.36 mb = 3678.08 m = 12067.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.95 mb = 548.86 m = 1800.70 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 18.65 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.97 mb = 1962.08 m = 6437.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 37.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1257.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.68 mb = 1304.10 m = 4278.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.68 mb = 2409.22 m = 7904.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.68 mb = 11049.58 m = 36251.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1253.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.68 mb = 14123.88 m = 46337.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 58.0 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 43.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 755.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 755.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 251.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.51 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 227.97 m/s