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: 35.37,-94.45 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -20 SFC 973 224 26.6 18.4 61 8.2 20.9 184 16 302.2 304.7 295.0 343.0 13.83 2 950 428 25.0 16.8 60 8.2 19.4 191 33 302.6 304.9 294.4 340.4 12.79 3 900 900 20.8 15.2 70 5.6 17.1 201 43 303.0 305.2 294.1 339.0 12.16 4 850 1392 17.1 12.8 75 4.4 14.3 214 49 304.1 306.1 293.5 336.8 10.97 5 800 1907 13.4 9.8 79 3.7 11.2 227 53 305.5 307.2 292.8 334.1 9.54 6 750 2447 9.1 6.2 82 2.9 7.4 237 55 306.5 308.0 291.9 330.5 7.94 7 700 3015 4.5 1.8 82 2.7 3.1 245 57 307.5 308.7 290.7 326.6 6.24 8 650 3614 0.2 -3.2 78 3.4 -1.4 247 60 309.2 310.1 289.9 323.7 4.66 9 600 4253 -2.0 -13.9 40 11.9 -6.5 241 72 313.8 314.2 289.0 320.9 2.17 10 550 4941 -4.6 -30.4 11 25.8 -11.0 239 80 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.6 0.55 11 500 5684 -9.5 -36.4 9 26.9 -14.9 240 82 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 12 450 6487 -16.1 -34.2 19 18.1 -19.6 245 88 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.47 13 400 7361 -23.4 -37.7 26 14.3 -25.5 246 89 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.37 14 350 8322 -30.9 -44.1 26 13.3 -32.2 250 89 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.22 15 300 9396 -39.3 -48.2 39 8.9 -39.9 258 99 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 16 250 10622 -46.7 -53.9 44 7.2 -47.0 263 109 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12082 -50.8 -70.9 8 20.0 -51.2 255 84 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13919 -59.8 -78.8 7 19.0 -60.0 283 81 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.0 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.1 318 7 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.74 m Freezing level: 645.61 mb = 3670.10 m = 12040.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.01 mb = 3417.18 m = 11211.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.97 mb = 1261.44 m = 4138.52 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 22.40 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1842.73 m = 6045.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1252.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.86 mb = 1544.49 m = 5067.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.86 mb = 2120.25 m = 6956.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.86 mb = 10893.24 m = 35738.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1248.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.86 mb = 13925.43 m = 45686.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 61.9 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 46.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 677.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 677.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 226.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.76 Bulk Rich Number: 4.83 Bulk Shear: 259.12 m/s