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: 35.44,-92.91 Latitude: 35.44 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 968 269 21.7 18.8 84 2.8 19.7 194 14 297.6 300.1 294.0 338.9 14.28 2 950 435 22.4 17.6 74 4.9 19.1 199 31 299.9 302.4 294.1 339.2 13.42 3 900 904 19.6 15.3 77 4.2 16.7 209 45 301.7 303.9 293.8 337.9 12.27 4 850 1395 18.1 10.5 61 7.6 13.3 229 55 305.1 306.8 292.6 333.4 9.43 5 800 1912 14.6 5.6 55 9.0 9.3 241 58 306.7 308.0 291.3 328.4 7.13 6 750 2453 9.7 2.4 60 7.3 5.7 244 57 307.1 308.3 290.5 325.7 6.07 7 700 3021 4.6 -0.7 68 5.3 1.9 247 56 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.7 5.20 8 650 3621 0.6 -3.6 73 4.2 -1.4 241 61 309.7 310.5 289.9 323.8 4.51 9 600 4260 -2.8 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.9 231 64 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.61 10 550 4945 -5.6 -17.2 40 11.6 -9.6 233 72 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.5 1.80 11 500 5686 -10.4 -22.3 37 11.9 -13.9 237 78 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.28 12 450 6487 -16.8 -28.1 37 11.3 -19.4 236 82 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.1 0.84 13 400 7359 -23.8 -33.4 41 9.6 -25.4 234 82 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.1 0.57 14 350 8318 -31.6 -39.4 46 7.8 -32.5 241 86 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.4 0.36 15 300 9390 -39.0 -45.7 49 6.7 -39.5 255 100 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 16 250 10622 -45.5 -51.7 49 6.3 -45.8 262 95 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.13 17 200 12093 -50.6 -66.7 13 16.1 -51.0 248 81 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.02 18 150 13924 -59.8 -78.6 7 18.8 -60.0 277 70 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16442 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.6 -64.3 322 8 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.09 m Freezing level: 640.78 mb = 3738.57 m = 12265.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.13 mb = 3361.89 m = 11029.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.99 mb = 628.66 m = 2062.51 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.04 mb = 2017.07 m = 6617.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1057.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.87 mb = 1326.08 m = 4350.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.87 mb = 2542.88 m = 8342.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.87 mb = 10571.66 m = 34683.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1047.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.87 mb = 13439.47 m = 44092.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 60.8 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 45.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 628.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 628.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.42 Bulk Shear: 195.04 m/s