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: 34.71,-93.61 Latitude: 34.71 Longitude: -93.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 259 22.3 19.4 83 2.9 20.3 201 13 298.1 300.7 294.6 340.9 14.76 2 950 442 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 202 30 300.6 303.1 294.6 341.3 13.90 3 900 912 21.0 15.4 71 5.6 17.2 213 45 303.1 305.4 294.2 339.6 12.32 4 850 1406 18.8 11.4 62 7.4 14.1 231 53 305.9 307.7 293.3 336.0 10.03 5 800 1924 14.9 7.8 62 7.1 10.6 241 55 307.1 308.6 292.3 332.3 8.34 6 750 2466 10.2 4.9 69 5.4 7.1 245 58 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.8 7.24 7 700 3036 5.3 2.0 79 3.3 3.5 247 60 308.4 309.6 291.1 327.8 6.33 8 650 3637 1.2 -0.9 86 2.1 0.1 247 59 310.4 311.4 291.0 327.5 5.52 9 600 4277 -3.1 -6.2 79 3.1 -4.5 245 59 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.3 4.01 10 550 4963 -5.0 -22.2 25 17.2 -10.2 247 73 318.1 318.4 289.4 322.1 1.17 11 500 5705 -10.1 -26.5 25 16.5 -14.3 247 78 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.87 12 450 6507 -16.2 -30.3 29 14.1 -19.2 246 79 322.9 323.0 290.4 325.3 0.69 13 400 7381 -23.4 -33.1 41 9.7 -25.1 245 79 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.7 0.59 14 350 8342 -31.0 -38.6 47 7.6 -31.9 250 86 327.0 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.39 15 300 9417 -38.7 -46.0 46 7.3 -39.3 260 98 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 16 250 10652 -44.3 -54.4 32 10.1 -44.7 268 100 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.6 0.09 17 200 12123 -51.5 -63.7 22 12.2 -51.8 252 74 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.04 18 150 13946 -60.4 -78.6 7 18.2 -60.6 283 73 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.5 289 12 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.66 m Freezing level: 635.77 mb = 3819.16 m = 12529.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.52 mb = 3655.30 m = 11992.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.38 mb = 632.75 m = 2075.93 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.19 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.92 mb = 2019.85 m = 6626.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1213.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.31 mb = 1392.87 m = 4569.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.31 mb = 2506.89 m = 8224.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.31 mb = 10483.02 m = 34392.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1212.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.31 mb = 14099.24 m = 46256.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 59.8 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 44.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 646.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 646.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.66 Bulk Rich Number: 5.74 Bulk Shear: 211.47 m/s