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: 35.32,-94.26 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -94.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 973 224 25.8 18.6 65 7.1 20.8 185 15 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.4 14.02 2 950 436 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.4 192 32 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.2 13.14 3 900 906 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 200 41 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.2 12.63 4 850 1396 16.4 13.2 81 3.2 14.3 215 49 303.4 305.5 293.6 337.0 11.31 5 800 1911 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 11.0 229 54 305.4 307.2 292.7 333.5 9.34 6 750 2451 9.1 5.8 80 3.3 7.2 237 55 306.4 307.9 291.7 329.9 7.73 7 700 3019 4.9 1.0 76 3.9 2.8 242 57 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.0 5.87 8 650 3620 1.2 -5.4 61 6.6 -1.8 242 61 310.3 311.1 289.6 322.8 3.94 9 600 4260 -1.5 -14.3 37 12.7 -6.3 238 70 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.3 2.11 10 550 4949 -5.0 -24.1 21 19.1 -10.5 238 77 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.5 0.99 11 500 5691 -9.6 -36.4 9 26.8 -15.0 240 79 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.34 12 450 6494 -16.1 -34.7 18 18.6 -19.6 244 85 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.45 13 400 7368 -23.3 -35.6 31 12.3 -25.2 246 88 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.46 14 350 8330 -30.9 -43.3 28 12.4 -32.1 249 87 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.24 15 300 9404 -39.3 -47.2 43 7.8 -39.9 257 97 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.18 16 250 10628 -47.3 -51.8 60 4.5 -47.5 263 109 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12085 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.6 -51.7 256 85 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 13920 -59.8 -78.9 7 19.1 -60.0 285 81 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.4 312 7 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.96 m Freezing level: 627.87 mb = 3903.22 m = 12805.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.41 mb = 3381.23 m = 11093.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.36 mb = 1124.60 m = 3689.59 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 21.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1700.19 m = 5577.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 35.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.36 mb = 1362.64 m = 4470.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.36 mb = 2140.48 m = 7022.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.36 mb = 10939.42 m = 35890.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1241.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.36 mb = 13988.12 m = 45892.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 60.7 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 45.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 645.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 645.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.2 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: 4.63 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 242.46 m/s