MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.61,-94.84 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 SFC 975 228 23.6 18.2 72 5.4 19.8 191 16 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.4 13.58 2 950 452 21.8 17.1 75 4.6 18.7 197 34 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.4 13.06 3 900 919 17.7 15.8 89 1.9 16.5 202 43 299.7 302.1 293.5 336.8 12.68 4 850 1406 14.2 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 211 51 301.0 303.2 293.2 335.6 11.73 5 800 1917 11.4 11.3 99 0.2 11.3 220 52 303.3 305.3 293.0 334.7 10.56 6 750 2455 10.3 -1.6 43 12.0 4.2 233 49 307.8 308.7 289.3 321.8 4.53 7 700 3026 7.2 -8.8 31 16.0 0.2 230 58 310.5 311.0 288.6 319.5 2.81 8 650 3631 2.9 -7.3 47 10.2 -1.7 224 65 312.3 312.9 289.7 323.1 3.40 9 600 4273 -2.0 -11.9 47 9.9 -6.0 228 69 313.7 314.2 289.3 322.0 2.55 10 550 4959 -5.8 -16.7 42 10.9 -9.6 230 73 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.5 1.88 11 500 5698 -11.3 -21.0 44 9.7 -14.2 235 76 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.2 1.43 12 450 6498 -16.1 -33.4 21 17.4 -19.5 240 80 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.51 13 400 7374 -22.6 -34.0 35 11.4 -24.5 242 87 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.54 14 350 8339 -30.1 -41.2 33 11.2 -31.4 246 90 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.30 15 300 9416 -38.5 -47.7 38 9.1 -39.2 255 98 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10642 -48.4 -51.3 72 2.9 -48.6 259 108 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.14 17 200 12087 -53.3 -67.1 17 13.7 -53.6 257 90 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13915 -59.3 -78.2 7 18.9 -59.5 275 57 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16436 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.1 -63.0 295 12 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.49 m Freezing level: 620.58 mb = 4008.40 m = 13150.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.79 mb = 3086.88 m = 10127.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.92 mb = 909.93 m = 2985.30 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 18.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1223.74 m = 4014.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.23 C = 77.42 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 23.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 778.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.16 mb = 1099.02 m = 3605.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.16 mb = 1344.31 m = 4410.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.16 mb = 2168.98 m = 7116.00 ft B at Equ Level: 13.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 716.16 mb = 2836.98 m = 9307.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 59.8 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 44.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 498.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 498.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.23 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 166.32 m/s