MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.42,-93.98 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 994 83 24.4 21.6 84 2.8 22.4 194 13 298.0 301.0 295.7 345.9 16.52 2 950 484 22.9 19.9 84 2.9 20.8 200 36 300.4 303.2 295.8 346.1 15.60 3 900 956 22.5 16.2 67 6.4 18.2 223 47 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.4 12.95 4 850 1453 20.1 11.9 59 8.2 14.8 238 46 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.6 10.38 5 800 1973 15.9 9.6 66 6.3 11.9 244 46 308.1 309.8 293.5 336.7 9.41 6 750 2517 11.5 6.9 73 4.6 8.8 258 49 309.1 310.7 293.0 334.7 8.37 7 700 3090 6.4 3.4 81 3.0 4.7 263 49 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.2 7.02 8 650 3693 0.9 -2.4 78 3.3 -0.7 266 47 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.3 4.92 9 600 4333 -0.7 -14.7 34 14.0 -6.0 263 55 315.3 315.7 289.4 322.0 2.04 10 550 5024 -3.7 -26.1 16 22.4 -10.0 269 62 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.6 0.83 11 500 5770 -8.4 -27.9 19 19.5 -13.5 267 68 322.8 322.9 290.4 325.5 0.77 12 450 6579 -13.3 -30.4 22 17.2 -17.2 263 71 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.68 13 400 7465 -19.3 -36.4 21 17.1 -22.4 267 72 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.42 14 350 8443 -26.9 -43.7 19 16.7 -28.9 267 76 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.23 15 300 9534 -35.8 -49.6 23 13.8 -36.9 267 77 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 16 250 10774 -45.3 -55.5 31 10.2 -45.7 276 80 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.08 17 200 12228 -55.5 -63.2 38 7.6 -55.7 267 60 344.8 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14018 -63.3 -76.2 16 12.9 -63.4 282 68 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16467 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.7 309 24 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.78 m Freezing level: 621.94 mb = 4052.13 m = 13294.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.81 mb = 3607.81 m = 11836.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.20 mb = 436.35 m = 1431.57 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 24.08 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1864.38 m = 6116.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.66 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1389.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.68 mb = 1046.68 m = 3433.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.68 mb = 2453.74 m = 8050.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.68 mb = 12363.88 m = 40563.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1378.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.68 mb = 15587.43 m = 51139.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 50.8 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 38.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 662.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 662.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 220.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.19 Bulk Rich Number: 5.95 Bulk Shear: 233.73 m/s