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: 32.56,-93.9 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 80 24.1 21.5 86 2.6 22.3 194 13 297.7 300.7 295.6 345.5 16.48 2 950 482 23.0 19.8 82 3.3 20.7 200 36 300.5 303.4 295.7 345.8 15.44 3 900 954 22.5 16.0 67 6.5 18.1 224 47 304.7 307.1 295.0 343.0 12.82 4 850 1451 19.9 11.9 60 8.0 14.7 238 46 307.0 308.9 293.9 338.2 10.33 5 800 1970 15.6 9.4 67 6.2 11.7 246 47 307.8 309.5 293.3 336.1 9.32 6 750 2514 11.4 6.8 73 4.6 8.6 258 50 308.9 310.5 292.9 334.2 8.27 7 700 3086 6.3 3.2 80 3.1 4.6 262 49 309.5 310.8 291.9 330.7 6.90 8 650 3689 0.9 -2.4 79 3.3 -0.7 264 47 310.0 310.9 290.4 325.4 4.95 9 600 4329 -0.9 -14.4 35 13.5 -6.0 261 56 315.1 315.5 289.3 322.0 2.08 10 550 5020 -3.8 -25.4 17 21.5 -10.0 268 63 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.6 0.88 11 500 5765 -8.6 -27.5 20 18.9 -13.5 266 69 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.80 12 450 6574 -13.5 -30.3 23 16.8 -17.3 262 72 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.68 13 400 7459 -19.4 -36.6 20 17.2 -22.4 266 73 329.8 329.8 292.1 331.3 0.42 14 350 8437 -27.0 -43.6 19 16.6 -28.9 267 78 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.23 15 300 9528 -35.7 -49.8 22 14.1 -36.8 267 79 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.13 16 250 10769 -45.1 -55.8 29 10.7 -45.6 276 80 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.08 17 200 12223 -55.6 -63.1 39 7.5 -55.7 264 61 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14014 -63.4 -76.2 16 12.8 -63.5 281 70 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16465 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.7 307 26 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.09 m Freezing level: 624.59 mb = 4014.32 m = 13170.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.48 mb = 3608.26 m = 11837.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.17 mb = 406.96 m = 1335.17 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 23.85 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1843.18 m = 6047.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.14 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1334.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.91 mb = 1061.95 m = 3484.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.91 mb = 2470.38 m = 8104.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.91 mb = 12415.81 m = 40733.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1317.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.91 mb = 15168.75 m = 49765.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 658.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 658.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 233.17 m/s