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: 35.45,-94.24 Latitude: 35.45 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.7 18.7 66 6.9 20.8 183 15 301.0 303.6 294.9 342.4 14.08 2 950 433 24.1 17.2 65 6.9 19.4 190 33 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.2 13.09 3 900 903 19.9 15.7 77 4.1 17.1 199 41 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.1 12.59 4 850 1394 16.2 13.4 84 2.8 14.4 212 48 303.2 305.3 293.6 337.2 11.48 5 800 1908 13.3 9.4 77 4.0 10.9 228 53 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.3 9.28 6 750 2448 9.1 5.6 78 3.6 7.1 237 55 306.5 307.9 291.6 329.5 7.60 7 700 3016 4.8 1.2 78 3.6 2.8 243 57 307.7 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.96 8 650 3616 0.7 -4.6 68 5.3 -1.8 242 60 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.8 4.18 9 600 4255 -1.9 -13.9 39 12.0 -6.4 238 70 314.0 314.4 289.0 321.1 2.18 10 550 4943 -5.3 -23.9 22 18.6 -10.6 237 78 317.9 318.0 289.2 321.3 1.01 11 500 5684 -9.8 -36.1 10 26.2 -15.1 239 81 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.35 12 450 6487 -16.1 -34.3 19 18.2 -19.6 244 87 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.46 13 400 7361 -23.5 -36.0 31 12.5 -25.4 245 89 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.44 14 350 8322 -31.1 -43.6 28 12.5 -32.3 249 89 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.7 0.23 15 300 9395 -39.4 -48.3 39 8.9 -40.0 257 99 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.5 0.16 16 250 10620 -47.1 -52.7 53 5.6 -47.3 263 109 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.12 17 200 12078 -50.9 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.3 255 85 352.1 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13917 -59.7 -78.9 7 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 -63.6 320 6 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.74 m Freezing level: 636.49 mb = 3788.53 m = 12429.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.41 mb = 3377.54 m = 11081.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.47 mb = 1091.35 m = 3580.51 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1666.93 m = 5468.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1289.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.29 mb = 1360.41 m = 4463.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.29 mb = 2138.04 m = 7014.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.29 mb = 10933.27 m = 35869.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1286.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.29 mb = 13987.66 m = 45890.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 60.9 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): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 650.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 650.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 5.18 Bulk Shear: 248.76 m/s