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: 36.00,-90.28 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 993 84 24.5 17.1 63 7.4 19.5 182 22 298.3 300.5 292.9 334.5 12.45 2 950 469 21.6 16.2 72 5.4 18.0 185 42 299.1 301.3 293.0 335.0 12.30 3 900 935 17.7 15.3 86 2.4 16.1 188 51 299.8 302.0 293.2 335.6 12.27 4 850 1424 15.2 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 208 56 302.1 304.2 293.3 335.8 11.42 5 800 1936 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 216 56 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.3 10.17 6 750 2474 8.9 8.8 99 0.2 8.8 218 54 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.9 9.51 7 700 3043 6.3 2.4 76 3.9 4.1 222 50 309.5 310.7 291.6 329.5 6.50 8 650 3649 3.2 -3.0 64 6.2 0.1 225 52 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.5 4.72 9 600 4292 -1.8 -5.8 74 4.0 -3.6 225 53 314.1 314.9 290.9 327.2 4.13 10 550 4978 -6.5 -12.0 65 5.5 -8.6 231 58 316.4 316.9 290.4 325.5 2.78 11 500 5717 -11.2 -17.1 62 5.9 -13.2 237 60 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.1 2.01 12 450 6517 -16.6 -22.9 58 6.3 -18.3 240 62 322.4 322.6 290.9 327.0 1.35 13 400 7391 -22.6 -26.7 69 4.1 -23.5 245 70 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.07 14 350 8357 -29.7 -32.8 74 3.1 -30.2 245 76 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.69 15 300 9436 -38.7 -39.7 90 1.0 -38.8 249 80 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.41 16 250 10662 -47.7 -49.2 85 1.4 -47.8 256 88 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.17 17 200 12101 -56.3 -60.9 56 4.6 -56.4 248 74 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.05 18 150 13917 -60.2 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.4 277 58 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16428 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 296 18 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.51 m Freezing level: 617.87 mb = 4061.98 m = 13326.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.19 mb = 3670.97 m = 12043.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.65 mb = 1024.69 m = 3361.80 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.96 mb = 1574.44 m = 5165.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 35.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.50 mb = 1151.73 m = 3778.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.50 mb = 3741.83 m = 12276.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.50 mb = 10594.99 m = 34760.04 ft B at Equ Level: 465.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.50 mb = 12679.07 m = 41597.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 532.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 531.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 3.55 Bulk Shear: 132.66 m/s