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: 35.33,-94.14 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 SFC 974 221 25.2 18.8 68 6.4 20.7 184 15 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.0 14.11 2 950 439 23.4 17.4 69 6.0 19.3 192 32 301.0 303.4 294.3 340.0 13.28 3 900 909 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.1 200 41 301.3 303.7 294.1 339.1 12.84 4 850 1398 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 215 49 302.9 305.0 293.6 337.1 11.53 5 800 1912 13.4 9.3 76 4.1 10.9 230 54 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.1 9.22 6 750 2452 9.1 5.6 79 3.5 7.1 237 55 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.5 7.61 7 700 3021 5.1 0.5 72 4.6 2.7 240 57 308.1 309.2 290.5 325.6 5.68 8 650 3622 1.6 -6.6 54 8.3 -2.1 239 61 310.8 311.5 289.4 322.1 3.58 9 600 4263 -1.4 -14.4 36 13.0 -6.2 237 69 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.4 2.09 10 550 4951 -5.3 -21.6 26 16.3 -10.4 237 75 317.8 318.0 289.3 322.0 1.23 11 500 5693 -9.8 -36.4 9 26.6 -15.1 240 78 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.34 12 450 6496 -16.1 -34.9 18 18.9 -19.6 244 84 323.1 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.44 13 400 7370 -23.2 -34.7 34 11.5 -25.1 246 88 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.50 14 350 8332 -30.9 -43.0 30 12.1 -32.2 248 87 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.25 15 300 9406 -39.4 -47.0 44 7.6 -39.9 257 96 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 16 250 10629 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.7 263 108 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12084 -51.5 -69.7 10 18.2 -51.9 256 86 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 13920 -59.7 -78.9 7 19.2 -59.9 285 81 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16427 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.6 310 7 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.97 m Freezing level: 622.83 mb = 3970.39 m = 13026.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.75 mb = 3354.82 m = 11006.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.81 mb = 1035.22 m = 3396.34 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.56 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.62 mb = 1573.56 m = 5162.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1224.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.49 mb = 1263.41 m = 4145.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.49 mb = 2140.46 m = 7022.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.49 mb = 11215.81 m = 36796.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1202.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.49 mb = 13981.89 m = 45871.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 60.2 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 45.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 629.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 629.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.20 Bulk Shear: 235.56 m/s