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: 35.66,-94.85 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 SFC 974 237 23.5 18.1 72 5.3 19.8 192 17 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.4 13.57 2 950 450 21.8 17.1 75 4.6 18.7 197 34 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.4 13.06 3 900 917 17.7 15.8 89 1.9 16.4 202 44 299.8 302.1 293.5 336.8 12.64 4 850 1404 14.2 13.7 97 0.5 13.9 211 51 301.0 303.2 293.2 335.4 11.69 5 800 1915 11.5 11.3 99 0.1 11.4 220 52 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.9 10.60 6 750 2453 10.1 -0.6 47 10.8 4.5 232 49 307.6 308.5 289.5 322.6 4.87 7 700 3024 7.2 -8.8 31 15.9 0.2 230 58 310.4 311.0 288.5 319.4 2.81 8 650 3629 2.8 -7.7 46 10.5 -1.9 224 65 312.2 312.8 289.6 322.7 3.30 9 600 4270 -2.1 -12.2 46 10.1 -6.0 227 69 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.8 2.51 10 550 4957 -5.9 -16.6 43 10.7 -9.6 230 73 317.1 317.5 289.8 323.4 1.90 11 500 5695 -11.3 -20.9 45 9.6 -14.2 235 77 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.1 1.44 12 450 6496 -16.1 -33.5 21 17.5 -19.5 240 81 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.50 13 400 7371 -22.7 -34.0 35 11.3 -24.6 242 87 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.5 0.54 14 350 8335 -30.2 -40.8 35 10.6 -31.4 246 91 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.31 15 300 9413 -38.6 -47.8 37 9.2 -39.2 255 99 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10638 -48.4 -51.6 69 3.2 -48.5 259 109 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12085 -53.2 -67.2 16 14.1 -53.4 257 90 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13913 -59.2 -78.2 7 19.1 -59.4 275 56 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16436 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.1 -63.0 297 12 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.13 m Freezing level: 621.23 mb = 3998.00 m = 13116.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.23 mb = 3079.76 m = 10104.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.51 mb = 912.35 m = 2993.24 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 19.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1228.00 m = 4028.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 23.31 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 781.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.40 mb = 1104.87 m = 3624.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.40 mb = 1350.37 m = 4430.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.40 mb = 2283.79 m = 7492.64 ft B at Equ Level: 12.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.40 mb = 3077.76 m = 10097.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 60.1 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 45.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 492.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 492.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 164.50 m/s