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: 33.91,-92.01 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -92.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 994 75 21.9 19.9 88 2.0 20.5 193 15 295.6 298.3 293.9 338.4 14.88 2 950 466 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 193 42 297.9 300.4 294.1 339.1 14.22 3 900 934 20.4 16.0 76 4.4 17.4 215 56 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.5 12.85 4 850 1427 18.2 12.5 69 5.7 14.5 231 57 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.5 10.79 5 800 1944 14.7 9.4 71 5.3 11.4 238 57 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.9 9.30 6 750 2487 10.9 6.2 73 4.6 8.1 244 57 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.97 7 700 3059 6.5 2.7 77 3.8 4.4 248 56 309.7 310.9 291.7 330.2 6.66 8 650 3664 3.4 -3.7 60 7.0 -0.1 250 52 312.8 313.6 290.8 326.9 4.48 9 600 4309 -0.2 -11.5 42 11.3 -4.8 242 53 315.9 316.4 290.1 324.5 2.64 10 550 4998 -5.4 -16.2 42 10.8 -9.2 247 55 317.7 318.0 290.0 324.2 1.96 11 500 5738 -10.8 -19.5 49 8.7 -13.5 253 63 319.8 320.2 290.4 325.4 1.63 12 450 6539 -16.3 -23.2 55 7.0 -18.1 252 69 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.3 1.31 13 400 7415 -22.2 -26.8 66 4.7 -23.2 252 77 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.0 1.06 14 350 8384 -28.6 -34.0 60 5.4 -29.5 255 81 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.5 0.62 15 300 9471 -35.8 -41.4 56 5.6 -36.3 261 86 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.3 0.34 16 250 10712 -45.3 -48.2 72 3.0 -45.4 274 87 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.19 17 200 12164 -55.8 -58.8 69 3.0 -55.9 260 71 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.07 18 150 13971 -60.1 -78.9 7 18.8 -60.3 286 64 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16447 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 277 26 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.23 m Freezing level: 602.76 mb = 4273.14 m = 14019.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.09 mb = 3649.92 m = 11974.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.72 mb = 332.41 m = 1090.58 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1793.41 m = 5883.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.76 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 761.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.94 mb = 876.71 m = 2876.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.94 mb = 2814.43 m = 9233.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.94 mb = 10686.83 m = 35061.35 ft B at Equ Level: 758.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.94 mb = 13931.66 m = 45706.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 789.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 789.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 203.38 m/s