MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-93.74 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 989 146 19.5 18.9 96 0.7 19.1 89 4 293.6 296.1 292.7 333.6 14.01 2 950 492 23.0 16.8 68 6.2 18.8 167 14 300.5 302.9 293.8 337.9 12.75 3 900 963 20.6 13.7 65 6.9 16.1 205 23 302.7 304.7 293.2 335.3 11.00 4 850 1454 16.5 11.5 72 5.0 13.3 219 29 303.5 305.3 292.6 333.5 10.08 5 800 1967 13.0 5.1 58 8.0 8.5 225 33 305.0 306.3 290.5 325.8 6.88 6 750 2507 10.4 -10.4 22 20.8 1.5 235 32 307.8 308.3 287.2 315.2 2.31 7 700 3076 6.2 -13.5 23 19.7 -1.4 249 34 309.4 309.7 287.3 315.6 1.93 8 650 3679 3.1 -20.2 16 23.3 -4.7 267 38 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.4 1.18 9 600 4322 -1.2 -22.1 19 20.9 -7.7 268 40 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.4 1.09 10 550 5009 -6.4 -22.4 27 16.0 -11.1 273 47 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.5 1.16 11 500 5746 -11.4 -24.0 34 12.7 -14.8 276 57 319.2 319.4 289.6 323.0 1.10 12 450 6546 -16.4 -31.3 26 15.0 -19.4 275 68 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.9 0.62 13 400 7422 -22.6 -38.1 23 15.5 -24.9 276 70 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.36 14 350 8386 -30.0 -44.0 24 13.9 -31.5 286 78 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 15 300 9463 -39.3 -48.5 37 9.3 -39.9 293 86 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 16 250 10683 -49.6 -54.7 55 5.1 -49.8 290 92 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 12122 -56.6 -65.9 30 9.3 -56.8 274 77 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13947 -57.4 -79.7 4 22.3 -57.7 282 58 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16441 -64.4 -83.7 5 19.3 -64.6 291 30 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.76 m Freezing level: 613.97 mb = 4142.62 m = 13591.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.18 mb = 2796.35 m = 9174.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.37 mb = 227.33 m = 745.82 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.74 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1856.48 m = 6090.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 19.71 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 739.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.17 mb = 1292.11 m = 4239.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.17 mb = 3062.73 m = 10048.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.17 mb = 11188.10 m = 36705.91 ft B at Equ Level: 735.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.17 mb = 13491.30 m = 44262.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 441.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 441.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 197.89 m/s