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: 35.87,-95 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 970 260 23.4 18.0 71 5.5 19.7 193 19 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.5 13.48 2 950 442 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.7 198 35 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.4 12.98 3 900 910 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 204 45 300.0 302.2 293.4 336.4 12.44 4 850 1397 14.2 13.5 95 0.7 13.7 212 50 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.9 11.50 5 800 1908 11.5 11.5 100 0.1 11.5 219 52 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.2 10.69 6 750 2445 8.6 4.3 74 4.3 6.2 229 50 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.1 6.97 7 700 3014 6.8 -8.4 33 15.1 0.1 229 57 310.0 310.5 288.5 319.2 2.90 8 650 3618 2.4 -10.5 38 12.9 -3.0 225 65 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.1 2.64 9 600 4259 -2.3 -14.6 38 12.2 -6.8 226 70 313.4 313.8 288.8 320.1 2.06 10 550 4944 -6.3 -15.7 47 9.3 -9.6 227 76 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.4 2.05 11 500 5681 -11.7 -20.6 47 9.0 -14.3 234 81 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.9 1.48 12 450 6482 -16.0 -34.1 19 18.1 -19.5 239 86 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.48 13 400 7356 -23.3 -33.7 38 10.4 -25.1 242 91 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.7 0.56 14 350 8318 -30.9 -38.9 46 8.0 -31.9 245 96 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.38 15 300 9393 -38.7 -48.0 37 9.2 -39.4 255 104 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 16 250 10619 -47.9 -53.4 53 5.5 -48.1 258 111 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12071 -52.0 -68.5 12 16.4 -52.4 256 90 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 13906 -58.4 -78.6 6 20.1 -58.7 271 55 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16436 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.1 -62.9 305 11 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.52 m Freezing level: 624.79 mb = 3940.92 m = 12929.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.71 mb = 3029.38 m = 9938.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.77 mb = 949.83 m = 3116.20 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1274.43 m = 4181.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 24.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 833.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.39 mb = 1155.83 m = 3792.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.39 mb = 1403.05 m = 4603.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.39 mb = 10901.64 m = 35766.11 ft B at Equ Level: 820.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.39 mb = 13130.78 m = 43079.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 61.6 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 466.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 466.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 156.47 m/s