MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-94.69 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -20 SFC 972 229 28.2 17.1 51 11.1 20.5 194 14 303.8 306.2 294.7 341.6 12.69 2 950 428 26.1 15.8 53 10.4 19.1 200 30 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.2 11.94 3 900 901 21.8 14.0 61 7.8 16.7 209 40 304.0 306.1 293.7 337.5 11.26 4 850 1395 18.1 11.2 64 6.9 13.7 221 46 305.1 306.9 293.0 334.6 9.85 5 800 1911 14.1 8.1 67 6.0 10.4 232 50 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.8 8.50 6 750 2452 9.5 4.2 69 5.4 6.5 239 52 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.0 6.90 7 700 3020 4.7 0.3 73 4.4 2.4 244 54 307.7 308.7 290.2 324.9 5.59 8 650 3619 0.5 -4.1 71 4.6 -1.7 246 58 309.5 310.3 289.7 323.1 4.34 9 600 4259 -2.1 -12.4 45 10.3 -6.1 240 68 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.7 2.46 10 550 4946 -5.1 -29.0 13 24.0 -11.2 241 78 318.0 318.2 288.8 320.3 0.63 11 500 5688 -9.6 -36.6 9 27.0 -15.0 243 81 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.33 12 450 6491 -16.2 -34.2 20 18.0 -19.7 247 88 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.5 0.47 13 400 7364 -23.5 -36.5 29 13.0 -25.5 249 90 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.42 14 350 8325 -31.0 -43.6 28 12.6 -32.3 253 90 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.23 15 300 9399 -39.3 -46.6 46 7.3 -39.8 259 100 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.19 16 250 10625 -46.5 -53.7 44 7.2 -46.8 265 111 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12088 -50.3 -70.9 7 20.6 -50.7 256 85 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13925 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.7 -59.6 287 81 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16429 -63.0 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.2 312 9 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.10 m Freezing level: 641.03 mb = 3733.83 m = 12249.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.47 mb = 3368.28 m = 11050.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.48 mb = 1633.57 m = 5359.42 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 21.30 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.81 mb = 2135.75 m = 7006.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1035.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.09 mb = 1835.70 m = 6022.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.09 mb = 2428.37 m = 7966.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.09 mb = 10835.95 m = 35550.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1021.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.09 mb = 13430.38 m = 44062.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 59.5 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 44.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 537.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 537.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.16 Bulk Rich Number: 4.91 Bulk Shear: 210.81 m/s