MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-92.72 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 999 67 21.2 20.3 95 0.9 20.6 112 3 294.4 297.1 293.7 337.8 15.17 2 950 511 22.8 17.6 73 5.2 19.2 206 7 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.8 13.48 3 900 981 20.8 16.0 74 4.8 17.5 226 22 302.9 305.3 294.6 340.9 12.81 4 850 1474 17.4 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 231 31 304.4 306.5 294.0 338.8 11.55 5 800 1990 14.6 4.3 50 10.4 8.7 242 33 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.5 6.50 6 750 2533 11.7 -5.7 29 17.4 3.5 255 34 309.3 310.0 288.7 319.9 3.34 7 700 3105 7.6 -8.9 30 16.4 0.3 262 34 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.8 2.79 8 650 3710 3.5 -13.4 28 16.8 -3.1 267 34 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.7 2.10 9 600 4353 -1.0 -16.2 31 15.2 -6.5 269 35 314.9 315.3 289.0 320.9 1.80 10 550 5042 -4.9 -20.4 29 15.5 -9.8 269 40 318.3 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.37 11 500 5785 -9.0 -26.3 23 17.3 -13.6 268 44 322.1 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.89 12 450 6592 -14.3 -29.5 26 15.2 -17.8 269 49 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.74 13 400 7474 -20.9 -30.4 42 9.4 -22.9 265 55 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.5 0.76 14 350 8445 -28.0 -43.6 21 15.6 -29.8 268 62 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.23 15 300 9532 -36.8 -52.4 18 15.6 -37.8 265 69 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.10 16 250 10767 -46.4 -58.7 23 12.3 -46.8 261 66 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.06 17 200 12218 -55.2 -67.0 22 11.9 -55.4 264 62 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14019 -61.9 -77.5 11 15.6 -62.0 260 55 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16469 -69.6 -83.3 12 13.7 -69.7 269 41 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.99 m Freezing level: 611.40 mb = 4206.66 m = 13801.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.48 mb = 3157.54 m = 10359.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.67 mb = 179.63 m = 589.31 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 21.17 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1821.12 m = 5974.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 23.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.85 mb = 1040.46 m = 3413.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.85 mb = 3117.97 m = 10229.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.85 mb = 11341.60 m = 37209.51 ft B at Equ Level: 676.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.85 mb = 13660.37 m = 44816.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.61 Bulk Shear: 122.68 m/s