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: 32.49,-93.98 Latitude: 32.49 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 32 SFC 994 83 24.4 21.6 84 2.8 22.4 195 13 298.0 301.0 295.7 346.0 16.51 2 950 483 23.0 19.9 83 3.1 20.8 200 37 300.5 303.4 295.7 346.1 15.54 3 900 955 22.6 16.1 67 6.4 18.2 223 47 304.8 307.2 295.1 343.4 12.93 4 850 1451 20.1 11.9 59 8.2 14.8 238 46 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.5 10.35 5 800 1971 15.8 9.6 66 6.3 11.9 245 47 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.6 9.41 6 750 2516 11.5 6.8 73 4.7 8.7 258 50 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.4 8.30 7 700 3088 6.3 3.1 80 3.2 4.5 262 49 309.5 310.8 291.9 330.5 6.84 8 650 3690 0.7 -3.0 76 3.7 -1.1 265 47 309.8 310.6 290.1 324.5 4.72 9 600 4330 -1.1 -14.0 37 13.0 -6.0 262 56 314.9 315.3 289.3 321.9 2.15 10 550 5021 -3.8 -26.1 16 22.3 -10.1 270 64 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.5 0.82 11 500 5766 -8.4 -28.1 19 19.7 -13.5 267 69 322.8 322.9 290.4 325.5 0.76 12 450 6576 -13.2 -30.9 21 17.7 -17.2 262 73 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.1 0.65 13 400 7462 -19.2 -37.5 18 18.3 -22.4 268 72 330.1 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.38 14 350 8440 -26.8 -44.4 17 17.6 -28.9 266 78 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 15 300 9532 -35.7 -50.1 22 14.4 -36.8 267 78 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 16 250 10773 -45.1 -55.9 29 10.8 -45.6 276 80 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.08 17 200 12227 -55.6 -63.3 38 7.7 -55.7 265 60 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14017 -63.6 -76.1 17 12.4 -63.7 281 70 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16466 -67.5 -83.2 9 15.8 -67.6 308 24 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.98 m Freezing level: 630.36 mb = 3941.72 m = 12932.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.72 mb = 3569.74 m = 11711.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.07 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.83 mb = 438.01 m = 1437.02 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 24.13 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1866.97 m = 6125.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1371.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.87 mb = 1062.88 m = 3487.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.87 mb = 2472.39 m = 8111.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.87 mb = 12421.00 m = 40750.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1357.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.87 mb = 15681.34 m = 51447.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 676.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 676.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 225.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.24 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 241.22 m/s