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: 35.29,-94.33 Latitude: 35.29 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 17.1 64 7.2 19.4 192 32 301.9 304.3 294.4 340.4 13.06 3 900 905 20.1 15.6 76 4.4 17.1 201 42 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.2 12.52 4 850 1396 16.7 13.0 79 3.7 14.3 215 49 303.7 305.7 293.6 336.9 11.16 5 800 1911 13.4 9.6 78 3.8 11.0 229 53 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.8 9.41 6 750 2451 9.1 5.9 80 3.2 7.2 237 55 306.5 307.9 291.7 330.1 7.80 7 700 3019 4.8 1.1 77 3.7 2.9 242 57 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.1 5.95 8 650 3619 1.1 -5.0 64 6.1 -1.7 243 61 310.2 311.0 289.7 323.0 4.07 9 600 4260 -1.5 -14.3 37 12.7 -6.3 239 71 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.3 2.11 10 550 4948 -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 -36.5 9 27.0 -15.0 241 79 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.6 0.34 12 450 6494 -16.1 -34.7 19 18.6 -19.6 245 85 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.45 13 400 7368 -23.2 -35.9 30 12.7 -25.2 247 88 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.45 14 350 8330 -30.8 -43.4 28 12.6 -32.1 250 87 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.23 15 300 9404 -39.3 -47.1 44 7.7 -39.9 257 97 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.18 16 250 10629 -47.2 -52.0 58 4.8 -47.4 263 109 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 17 200 12086 -51.3 -70.1 9 18.8 -51.7 256 85 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 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 -63.3 311 8 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.64 m Freezing level: 629.14 mb = 3886.49 m = 12750.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.89 mb = 3387.12 m = 11112.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.32 mb = 1183.26 m = 3882.04 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 21.41 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1758.73 m = 5770.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1243.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.84 mb = 1417.59 m = 4650.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.84 mb = 2092.21 m = 6864.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.84 mb = 11093.09 m = 36394.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1229.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.84 mb = 14223.02 m = 46662.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 61.0 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): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 652.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 652.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.66 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 245.09 m/s