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: 35.26,-94.37 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 973 229 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.8 186 15 301.9 304.4 295.0 342.8 13.89 2 950 434 24.5 17.1 64 7.3 19.4 193 32 302.0 304.4 294.4 340.4 13.02 3 900 905 20.2 15.6 75 4.7 17.1 201 42 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.2 12.47 4 850 1396 16.9 12.9 77 4.0 14.3 216 49 303.8 305.9 293.5 336.8 11.07 5 800 1911 13.5 9.6 78 3.8 11.1 229 53 305.5 307.3 292.7 333.9 9.45 6 750 2451 9.1 5.9 80 3.2 7.3 238 55 306.5 307.9 291.7 330.1 7.81 7 700 3019 4.8 1.2 77 3.6 2.9 243 57 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.1 5.96 8 650 3619 1.1 -4.9 64 6.0 -1.7 244 61 310.2 311.0 289.7 323.1 4.08 9 600 4260 -1.5 -14.3 37 12.9 -6.3 240 71 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.3 2.10 10 550 4949 -4.8 -26.6 16 21.8 -10.7 239 77 318.4 318.6 289.1 321.2 0.79 11 500 5691 -9.5 -36.6 9 27.1 -14.9 241 79 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.33 12 450 6495 -16.0 -34.6 19 18.6 -19.6 245 85 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.45 13 400 7369 -23.2 -36.0 30 12.7 -25.2 247 88 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.44 14 350 8331 -30.8 -43.4 28 12.6 -32.1 250 87 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 15 300 9405 -39.3 -46.9 45 7.6 -39.9 257 97 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.19 16 250 10630 -47.2 -52.0 58 4.8 -47.4 263 109 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 17 200 12087 -51.3 -70.1 9 18.8 -51.7 256 85 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 13922 -59.8 -78.9 7 19.1 -60.0 285 82 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 310 8 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.85 m Freezing level: 628.56 mb = 3894.23 m = 12776.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.49 mb = 3392.24 m = 11129.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.53 mb = 1220.69 m = 4004.84 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 21.61 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1785.46 m = 5857.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1237.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.09 mb = 1445.31 m = 4741.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.09 mb = 2121.95 m = 6961.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.09 mb = 11171.84 m = 36652.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1217.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.09 mb = 13917.64 m = 45660.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 61.0 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 45.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 655.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 655.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.64 Bulk Rich Number: 5.04 Bulk Shear: 245.65 m/s