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: 35.44,-94.23 Latitude: 35.44 Longitude: -94.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 974 213 25.6 18.7 66 6.9 20.8 183 15 301.0 303.6 294.9 342.4 14.09 2 950 433 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.4 190 33 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.2 13.11 3 900 904 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 199 41 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.1 12.62 4 850 1394 16.2 13.5 84 2.7 14.4 213 48 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.2 11.49 5 800 1908 13.3 9.4 77 4.0 10.9 228 53 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.2 9.27 6 750 2448 9.1 5.5 78 3.6 7.1 237 55 306.5 307.9 291.6 329.5 7.59 7 700 3016 4.8 1.1 77 3.7 2.8 242 57 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.93 8 650 3616 0.8 -4.8 66 5.6 -1.8 242 60 309.8 310.6 289.6 322.8 4.12 9 600 4256 -1.8 -13.9 39 12.1 -6.4 237 70 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.1 2.17 10 550 4944 -5.3 -23.6 22 18.4 -10.6 237 77 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.4 1.03 11 500 5685 -9.8 -36.1 10 26.2 -15.1 239 80 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.35 12 450 6488 -16.1 -34.4 19 18.2 -19.6 244 87 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.46 13 400 7361 -23.4 -35.8 31 12.4 -25.4 245 89 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.45 14 350 8323 -31.1 -43.5 28 12.5 -32.3 249 89 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.23 15 300 9396 -39.4 -48.1 39 8.7 -40.0 257 99 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 16 250 10621 -47.1 -52.5 54 5.4 -47.4 263 109 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.12 17 200 12078 -51.0 -70.6 8 19.6 -51.4 255 85 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13917 -59.7 -78.9 6 19.2 -59.9 283 80 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.6 319 6 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.80 m Freezing level: 634.94 mb = 3808.93 m = 12496.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.41 mb = 3378.04 m = 11082.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.10 mb = 1085.76 m = 3562.17 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.02 mb = 1657.30 m = 5437.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.38 mb = 1349.96 m = 4428.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.38 mb = 2126.81 m = 6977.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.38 mb = 10904.31 m = 35774.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1283.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.38 mb = 13942.76 m = 45743.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 60.8 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 45.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 648.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 648.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 216.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.80 Bulk Rich Number: 5.19 Bulk Shear: 247.44 m/s