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: 33.3,-92.47 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 997 57 22.2 20.8 91 1.5 21.2 187 13 295.6 298.4 294.5 340.6 15.66 2 950 476 20.4 19.4 94 1.0 19.7 192 37 297.9 300.6 294.7 341.6 15.05 3 900 946 21.9 15.5 67 6.5 17.5 224 50 304.1 306.4 294.6 341.0 12.38 4 850 1441 18.7 12.4 67 6.3 14.6 233 50 305.7 307.7 293.8 337.8 10.70 5 800 1958 15.1 9.5 69 5.6 11.6 243 50 307.3 309.0 293.2 335.6 9.35 6 750 2502 11.2 6.7 74 4.5 8.5 250 51 308.7 310.2 292.7 333.8 8.21 7 700 3074 6.6 3.3 79 3.3 4.8 253 51 309.8 311.1 292.0 331.2 6.94 8 650 3678 2.4 -2.0 73 4.4 0.2 252 51 311.6 312.6 291.0 327.6 5.09 9 600 4322 -0.4 -11.2 44 10.8 -4.8 246 52 315.6 316.2 290.1 324.5 2.71 10 550 5012 -4.8 -18.4 34 13.6 -9.4 252 55 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.8 1.63 11 500 5754 -10.1 -22.3 36 12.3 -13.6 256 63 320.8 321.0 290.3 325.2 1.28 12 450 6557 -15.6 -25.1 44 9.6 -18.0 255 69 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.6 1.10 13 400 7436 -21.3 -29.1 49 7.8 -22.9 253 76 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.4 0.86 14 350 8407 -28.0 -37.6 40 9.5 -29.4 260 81 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.43 15 300 9496 -35.6 -45.4 36 9.8 -36.5 266 85 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.22 16 250 10736 -45.9 -51.3 55 5.3 -46.2 275 91 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.14 17 200 12187 -55.7 -60.4 55 4.8 -55.8 259 70 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.06 18 150 13990 -60.3 -78.4 8 18.2 -60.4 289 64 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16457 -67.7 -83.3 9 15.6 -67.8 292 31 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.31 m Freezing level: 607.37 mb = 4227.19 m = 13868.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.34 mb = 3699.04 m = 12135.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.28 mb = 238.80 m = 783.45 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 17.73 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1782.84 m = 5849.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.95 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 37.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.80 mb = 851.77 m = 2794.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.80 mb = 2671.83 m = 8765.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.80 mb = 11426.66 m = 37488.58 ft B at Equ Level: 963.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.80 mb = 14204.34 m = 46601.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 679.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 679.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 226.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.89 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 213.17 m/s