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: 35.46,-94.22 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 211 25.6 18.7 66 6.8 20.8 182 15 300.9 303.5 294.9 342.4 14.10 2 950 433 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.4 190 33 301.5 303.9 294.4 340.2 13.12 3 900 903 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 199 41 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.1 12.63 4 850 1394 16.1 13.5 84 2.6 14.4 212 48 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.3 11.53 5 800 1908 13.3 9.3 77 4.0 10.9 228 53 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.2 9.25 6 750 2448 9.1 5.5 78 3.7 7.0 237 54 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.4 7.55 7 700 3016 4.8 1.1 77 3.7 2.8 243 57 307.8 308.9 290.6 325.9 5.93 8 650 3616 0.7 -4.8 66 5.5 -1.9 242 60 309.8 310.6 289.6 322.7 4.12 9 600 4256 -1.8 -13.9 39 12.0 -6.4 237 70 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.1 2.18 10 550 4943 -5.3 -23.4 23 18.1 -10.6 236 77 317.8 318.0 289.2 321.4 1.05 11 500 5684 -9.9 -36.0 10 26.1 -15.2 239 81 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 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 -35.8 31 12.3 -25.4 245 89 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.45 14 350 8322 -31.1 -43.5 28 12.5 -32.4 249 89 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.23 15 300 9395 -39.4 -48.3 39 8.8 -40.0 257 99 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.16 16 250 10619 -47.1 -52.6 53 5.5 -47.4 263 109 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.12 17 200 12077 -50.9 -70.7 8 19.8 -51.3 255 86 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13916 -59.7 -78.9 6 19.2 -59.9 283 79 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.6 320 6 405.1 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.19 m Freezing level: 635.75 mb = 3798.17 m = 12461.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.79 mb = 3372.99 m = 11066.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.06 mb = 1076.12 m = 3530.52 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1642.91 m = 5390.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1293.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.07 mb = 1342.70 m = 4405.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.07 mb = 2118.99 m = 6951.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.07 mb = 11162.16 m = 36620.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.07 mb = 13913.39 m = 45647.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 60.7 knts Storm direction: 262.9 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: 648.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 648.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 216.1 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: 5.22 Bulk Shear: 247.86 m/s