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: 34.93,-92.65 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 133 22.9 19.6 82 3.3 20.6 191 14 297.4 300.0 294.3 340.0 14.73 2 950 448 22.7 17.8 74 4.9 19.4 196 36 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.2 13.65 3 900 918 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 16.8 213 48 303.0 305.1 293.9 338.2 11.87 4 850 1411 17.8 12.0 69 5.7 14.1 226 53 304.8 306.7 293.3 336.0 10.43 5 800 1927 13.7 9.8 78 3.8 11.3 232 55 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.5 9.57 6 750 2468 9.7 7.0 83 2.7 8.1 237 55 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.6 8.42 7 700 3037 6.1 2.3 76 3.9 4.0 242 54 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.1 6.45 8 650 3642 3.0 -3.2 64 6.2 -0.0 241 55 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.1 4.65 9 600 4285 -1.0 -7.4 61 6.5 -3.8 239 58 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.7 3.65 10 550 4974 -5.4 -11.0 65 5.6 -7.7 240 62 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.5 3.00 11 500 5714 -10.9 -16.2 65 5.2 -12.8 243 66 319.7 320.1 290.9 326.9 2.17 12 450 6513 -17.1 -20.5 75 3.3 -18.1 244 74 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.4 1.67 13 400 7386 -23.2 -24.8 86 1.6 -23.5 247 78 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.4 1.28 14 350 8350 -30.2 -32.2 83 2.0 -30.5 249 81 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.7 0.73 15 300 9426 -38.7 -41.0 79 2.3 -38.9 255 89 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.35 16 250 10656 -46.0 -50.2 62 4.2 -46.2 261 98 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.15 17 200 12108 -55.7 -59.0 66 3.3 -55.8 256 72 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.07 18 150 13933 -57.3 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.5 285 60 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16442 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.2 299 14 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.74 m Freezing level: 612.06 mb = 4129.96 m = 13549.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.48 mb = 3635.57 m = 11927.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.29 mb = 555.93 m = 1823.90 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 13.45 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1792.84 m = 5881.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.81 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1074.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.61 mb = 1234.17 m = 4049.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.61 mb = 2327.82 m = 7637.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.61 mb = 10851.35 m = 35601.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1073.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.61 mb = 13823.06 m = 45350.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 54.8 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 613.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 613.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 204.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.91 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 175.25 m/s