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: 34.62,-92.29 Latitude: 34.62 Longitude: -92.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 991 96 23.2 20.0 82 3.2 20.9 182 15 297.1 299.8 294.4 340.5 15.00 2 950 463 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.4 192 38 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.3 13.86 3 900 933 20.1 15.5 75 4.6 17.0 210 47 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.8 12.38 4 850 1424 17.3 12.8 75 4.5 14.3 223 51 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.0 10.97 5 800 1940 13.6 10.6 82 3.1 11.7 232 53 305.7 307.6 293.3 335.9 10.05 6 750 2481 9.7 8.6 93 1.1 9.0 234 53 307.1 308.9 293.2 335.6 9.42 7 700 3051 6.1 3.3 82 2.8 4.5 237 55 309.2 310.5 291.9 330.5 6.93 8 650 3656 3.4 -5.1 54 8.5 -0.6 235 57 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.6 4.02 9 600 4300 -1.2 -11.8 44 10.7 -5.4 238 58 314.8 315.3 289.7 323.1 2.57 10 550 4988 -5.4 -15.5 45 10.1 -9.1 242 62 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.6 2.07 11 500 5729 -10.4 -26.0 26 15.7 -14.5 246 65 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.6 0.92 12 450 6531 -16.5 -30.4 29 13.9 -19.4 248 68 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.9 0.68 13 400 7404 -22.7 -32.1 42 9.4 -24.5 252 78 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.8 0.65 14 350 8370 -29.8 -36.5 52 6.7 -30.7 251 82 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.48 15 300 9449 -38.3 -42.4 65 4.1 -38.7 254 89 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.6 0.30 16 250 10680 -46.2 -51.9 52 5.7 -46.4 261 95 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12135 -54.0 -63.1 32 9.1 -54.2 252 74 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 18 150 13949 -59.8 -78.5 7 18.7 -60.0 287 67 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16445 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 292 18 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.61 m Freezing level: 612.76 mb = 4135.81 m = 13568.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.09 mb = 3580.10 m = 11745.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.73 mb = 502.34 m = 1648.08 ft T: 22.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 17.32 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.20 mb = 1676.29 m = 5499.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.63 mb = 1080.82 m = 3545.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.63 mb = 2264.34 m = 7428.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.63 mb = 10956.39 m = 35945.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.63 mb = 13963.97 m = 45812.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 54.1 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 598.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 598.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.79 Bulk Rich Number: 5.66 Bulk Shear: 188.40 m/s