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,-93.27 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 220 22.4 19.8 85 2.6 20.5 193 12 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.2 15.03 2 950 446 22.7 18.5 77 4.3 19.8 195 31 300.3 302.9 294.8 341.9 14.22 3 900 917 21.2 15.5 70 5.6 17.4 209 47 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.2 12.43 4 850 1411 19.1 11.8 63 7.3 14.4 227 56 306.1 308.0 293.6 337.1 10.29 5 800 1929 14.9 9.4 69 5.6 11.4 234 58 307.1 308.8 293.1 335.1 9.27 6 750 2472 10.0 7.0 81 3.0 8.2 238 59 307.5 309.1 292.5 333.0 8.41 7 700 3041 5.8 3.2 84 2.6 4.3 244 59 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.0 6.90 8 650 3644 2.1 -1.0 80 3.1 0.5 250 58 311.3 312.3 291.2 328.4 5.46 9 600 4287 -1.3 -8.1 60 6.7 -4.3 248 60 314.6 315.2 290.5 325.7 3.46 10 550 4975 -4.8 -19.4 31 14.6 -9.6 248 68 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.49 11 500 5718 -9.9 -24.3 30 14.3 -13.9 248 73 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.7 1.07 12 450 6520 -16.3 -28.3 35 12.0 -19.0 248 76 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.7 0.83 13 400 7394 -23.0 -31.4 46 8.4 -24.5 248 78 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.6 0.69 14 350 8357 -30.5 -36.3 57 5.9 -31.3 249 83 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.49 15 300 9434 -38.7 -43.7 59 5.0 -39.1 258 91 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.27 16 250 10665 -45.6 -50.9 55 5.3 -45.9 264 99 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.14 17 200 12122 -53.5 -61.3 38 7.7 -53.8 257 76 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 13944 -58.8 -78.9 6 20.1 -59.0 288 67 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16447 -63.8 -83.7 5 20.0 -64.0 279 15 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.73 m Freezing level: 619.66 mb = 4034.08 m = 13235.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.92 mb = 3707.34 m = 12163.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.87 mb = 548.81 m = 1800.54 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 18.53 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.07 mb = 1960.08 m = 6430.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1251.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.72 mb = 1302.77 m = 4274.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.72 mb = 2407.84 m = 7899.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.72 mb = 11049.16 m = 36250.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1245.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.72 mb = 14122.54 m = 46333.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 756.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 756.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 252.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.38 Bulk Shear: 232.58 m/s