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: 35.28,-94.33 Latitude: 35.28 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 227 26.1 18.5 63 7.6 20.8 185 15 301.6 304.2 295.0 342.7 13.94 2 950 434 24.3 17.2 64 7.1 19.4 192 32 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.4 13.07 3 900 905 20.1 15.7 76 4.4 17.1 201 42 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.2 12.53 4 850 1396 16.7 13.0 79 3.7 14.3 216 49 303.7 305.7 293.5 336.9 11.16 5 800 1911 13.4 9.6 77 3.9 11.0 229 53 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.8 9.41 6 750 2451 9.1 5.9 80 3.2 7.2 238 55 306.5 307.9 291.7 330.1 7.80 7 700 3019 4.8 1.1 77 3.7 2.8 242 57 307.8 309.0 290.6 326.1 5.93 8 650 3620 1.2 -5.1 63 6.2 -1.7 243 61 310.3 311.0 289.6 323.0 4.04 9 600 4260 -1.5 -14.3 37 12.8 -6.3 239 71 314.4 314.8 289.1 321.3 2.10 10 550 4949 -4.9 -25.7 18 20.8 -10.6 239 77 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.3 0.86 11 500 5691 -9.5 -36.6 9 27.0 -15.0 241 79 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.33 12 450 6495 -16.1 -34.7 18 18.6 -19.6 245 85 323.1 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.45 13 400 7369 -23.2 -35.8 31 12.6 -25.2 247 88 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.45 14 350 8331 -30.8 -43.4 28 12.6 -32.1 250 87 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.23 15 300 9405 -39.3 -47.0 44 7.7 -39.9 257 97 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.19 16 250 10629 -47.2 -51.9 59 4.7 -47.4 263 109 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.13 17 200 12086 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 256 85 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 13921 -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 5 20.6 -63.3 310 8 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.86 m Freezing level: 628.32 mb = 3897.45 m = 12786.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.01 mb = 3385.98 m = 11108.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.16 mb = 1185.03 m = 3887.85 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 21.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1759.00 m = 5770.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1240.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.05 mb = 1415.80 m = 4644.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.05 mb = 2090.29 m = 6857.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.05 mb = 11087.91 m = 36377.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1227.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.05 mb = 14214.35 m = 46634.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 60.9 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 45.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 652.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 652.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.64 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 244.45 m/s