MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.1,-92.8 Latitude: 33.10 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 67 SFC 999 74 24.3 21.3 83 3.0 22.2 222 3 297.5 300.5 295.4 344.3 16.15 2 950 515 21.2 18.8 86 2.4 19.5 232 12 298.7 301.3 294.6 340.9 14.50 3 900 982 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 229 19 300.2 302.7 294.2 339.5 13.41 4 850 1471 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.1 230 23 302.3 304.6 294.3 339.9 12.71 5 800 1985 15.7 -3.4 27 19.0 6.2 239 27 307.8 308.5 288.6 319.5 3.72 6 750 2528 11.6 -6.3 28 17.9 3.2 245 28 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.2 3.18 7 700 3100 7.4 -9.0 30 16.4 0.3 260 31 310.7 311.2 288.6 319.6 2.76 8 650 3706 3.6 -13.7 27 17.3 -3.1 268 35 313.1 313.5 288.6 319.7 2.04 9 600 4350 -0.2 -17.1 27 16.9 -6.2 272 39 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.4 1.66 10 550 5041 -4.0 -22.2 23 18.1 -9.6 272 41 319.3 319.5 289.8 323.4 1.18 11 500 5786 -8.3 -27.9 19 19.6 -13.4 271 43 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.77 12 450 6595 -13.7 -30.4 23 16.6 -17.6 274 49 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.68 13 400 7479 -20.3 -32.1 34 11.8 -22.6 269 55 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.65 14 350 8452 -28.0 -37.6 39 9.6 -29.3 263 57 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.43 15 300 9539 -36.6 -48.1 30 11.5 -37.5 264 60 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 16 250 10774 -46.8 -55.8 35 9.0 -47.1 266 61 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12225 -55.2 -66.9 22 11.7 -55.4 260 57 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14019 -63.1 -75.9 16 12.7 -63.2 269 51 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16478 -69.4 -83.3 12 13.9 -69.5 277 40 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.71 m Freezing level: 602.90 mb = 4312.79 m = 14149.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.26 mb = 3143.90 m = 10314.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.54 mb = 454.72 m = 1491.86 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.63 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 1013.71 m = 3325.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 22.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.27 mb = 817.80 m = 2683.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.27 mb = 1348.29 m = 4423.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 842.27 mb = 1548.36 m = 5079.87 ft B at Equ Level: 9.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 812.27 mb = 1856.22 m = 6089.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 183.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 10.86 Bulk Shear: 76.10 m/s