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: 34.92,-92.56 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 986 122 23.0 19.7 82 3.3 20.7 187 14 297.3 299.9 294.3 340.0 14.79 2 950 449 22.4 18.0 76 4.4 19.4 192 37 299.9 302.4 294.4 340.2 13.80 3 900 919 20.8 14.9 69 5.9 16.8 211 49 303.0 305.1 293.9 338.3 11.91 4 850 1412 18.0 11.9 68 6.0 14.1 225 53 305.0 306.9 293.3 336.1 10.39 5 800 1928 13.8 9.8 77 4.0 11.3 231 55 305.9 307.7 292.9 334.6 9.54 6 750 2469 9.9 6.9 81 3.0 8.1 236 55 307.3 308.9 292.4 332.7 8.35 7 700 3039 6.2 1.7 72 4.6 3.8 241 54 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.4 6.17 8 650 3644 3.1 -4.8 56 7.9 -0.7 240 54 312.5 313.3 290.4 325.5 4.12 9 600 4287 -1.2 -9.3 54 8.1 -4.7 240 58 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.9 3.16 10 550 4975 -5.8 -12.5 59 6.8 -8.4 241 63 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.0 2.65 11 500 5715 -11.1 -17.5 59 6.4 -13.2 242 67 319.6 319.9 290.6 326.1 1.94 12 450 6514 -17.1 -20.6 74 3.5 -18.1 244 73 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.65 13 400 7387 -23.2 -24.7 87 1.5 -23.5 247 78 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.4 1.29 14 350 8351 -30.2 -31.6 87 1.4 -30.4 250 81 328.1 328.2 292.0 330.9 0.78 15 300 9428 -38.6 -40.0 86 1.4 -38.8 255 88 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.39 16 250 10658 -46.1 -49.4 69 3.3 -46.2 261 98 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12108 -55.9 -58.9 70 2.9 -56.0 257 72 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.07 18 150 13934 -57.0 -79.3 4 22.3 -57.3 285 58 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16442 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.2 300 15 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.38 m Freezing level: 613.96 mb = 4107.65 m = 13476.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3548.14 m = 11640.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.49 mb = 536.54 m = 1760.29 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1796.03 m = 5892.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.35 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 36.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1099.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.41 mb = 1187.42 m = 3895.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.41 mb = 2386.61 m = 7829.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.41 mb = 10993.54 m = 36067.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1095.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.41 mb = 14041.44 m = 46067.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 55.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 41.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 646.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 646.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.74 Bulk Shear: 191.69 m/s