MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.79,-92.80 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 994 152 21.3 19.2 88 2.1 19.8 149 6 294.9 297.5 293.2 335.6 14.21 2 950 549 22.1 16.5 71 5.5 18.4 173 26 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.3 12.56 3 900 1017 19.7 13.3 66 6.4 15.5 192 28 301.8 303.8 292.6 333.5 10.72 4 850 1507 16.3 10.0 66 6.4 12.4 213 31 303.3 304.9 291.8 330.4 9.09 5 800 2020 12.4 7.5 72 4.9 9.5 224 30 304.3 305.8 291.4 328.8 8.17 6 750 2558 8.8 3.7 71 5.0 5.9 232 30 306.1 307.4 290.7 326.4 6.69 7 700 3128 7.4 -4.3 43 11.7 1.8 234 27 310.7 311.5 289.8 323.2 3.98 8 650 3734 3.6 -6.6 47 10.1 -1.1 234 26 313.0 313.7 290.1 324.5 3.60 9 600 4378 -1.8 -10.4 52 8.6 -5.3 243 29 314.0 314.6 289.8 323.4 2.90 10 550 5064 -5.5 -24.7 20 19.2 -10.9 247 35 317.6 317.7 289.0 320.8 0.93 11 500 5806 -9.6 -25.7 26 16.1 -13.9 253 40 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.6 0.94 12 450 6610 -15.4 -25.2 43 9.8 -17.9 252 42 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.10 13 400 7488 -22.1 -28.9 54 6.7 -23.5 240 40 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.88 14 350 8454 -29.6 -40.3 35 10.7 -30.9 235 44 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.33 15 300 9532 -39.1 -40.0 92 0.8 -39.2 255 50 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.39 16 250 10756 -48.8 -49.5 91 0.8 -48.8 259 57 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.17 17 200 12188 -59.2 -59.5 97 0.2 -59.2 250 68 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 18 150 13963 -62.7 -75.3 17 12.6 -62.8 264 51 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16427 -64.9 -83.7 6 18.8 -65.0 248 40 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.41 m Freezing level: 616.76 mb = 4161.88 m = 13654.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.04 mb = 3498.07 m = 11476.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.67 mb = 415.00 m = 1361.53 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.82 mb = 1813.17 m = 5948.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 24.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.06 mb = 1248.45 m = 4095.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.06 mb = 2546.65 m = 8355.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.06 mb = 2657.42 m = 8718.46 ft B at Equ Level: 26.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 661.06 mb = 3596.31 m = 11798.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.1 neg: -3.8 tot: 308.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 90.65 m/s