MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.93,-94.14 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 962 401 23.5 17.8 71 5.7 19.6 192 13 300.0 302.5 294.2 339.5 13.49 2 950 507 21.7 17.3 76 4.4 18.7 194 20 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.7 13.20 3 900 974 18.1 15.8 86 2.3 16.5 207 33 300.2 302.5 293.6 337.2 12.65 4 850 1466 18.5 11.4 64 7.0 14.0 228 38 305.5 307.4 293.2 335.6 10.03 5 800 1984 15.8 9.2 65 6.7 11.7 234 30 308.0 309.7 293.3 335.8 9.15 6 750 2529 12.3 4.0 57 8.4 7.5 245 28 310.0 311.3 292.0 331.0 6.80 7 700 3103 7.7 0.4 60 7.2 3.8 250 31 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.6 5.65 8 650 3709 2.7 -2.1 70 4.8 0.3 243 32 312.1 313.0 291.1 327.9 5.04 9 600 4351 -2.1 -5.4 78 3.3 -3.6 233 35 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.3 4.27 10 550 5037 -6.6 -11.9 66 5.2 -8.7 231 40 316.2 316.7 290.4 325.4 2.80 11 500 5775 -11.7 -18.3 58 6.7 -13.7 232 43 318.8 319.2 290.2 324.9 1.80 12 450 6574 -16.5 -29.5 31 13.0 -19.3 237 46 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.2 0.74 13 400 7450 -21.7 -37.5 23 15.8 -24.2 236 52 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.38 14 350 8420 -28.6 -44.4 21 15.8 -30.3 240 61 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.21 15 300 9505 -36.8 -46.1 38 9.2 -37.6 242 71 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.21 16 250 10738 -47.7 -47.9 97 0.2 -47.7 245 73 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12188 -52.3 -68.8 12 16.5 -52.7 247 86 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14013 -61.2 -79.1 8 17.9 -61.4 251 74 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16474 -68.7 -83.7 10 15.0 -68.8 258 34 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.09 m Freezing level: 621.72 mb = 4072.07 m = 13359.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.36 mb = 3753.80 m = 12315.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.14 mb = 1117.03 m = 3664.77 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.90 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.40 mb = 2435.02 m = 7988.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 200.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.91 mb = 1355.91 m = 4448.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.91 mb = 3389.32 m = 11119.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.91 mb = 11114.94 m = 36465.90 ft B at Equ Level: 625.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.91 mb = 13002.33 m = 42658.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.8 neg: -18.4 tot: 226.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 12.14 Bulk Shear: 53.01 m/s