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,-94.45 Latitude: 35.46 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 -23 SFC 973 219 26.5 18.4 61 8.1 20.9 182 16 302.0 304.6 295.0 342.9 13.86 2 950 425 25.2 16.7 59 8.5 19.4 190 34 302.7 305.1 294.4 340.3 12.69 3 900 897 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 17.0 200 43 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.9 12.03 4 850 1389 17.1 12.8 76 4.3 14.3 212 48 304.1 306.1 293.6 336.9 11.00 5 800 1904 13.4 9.8 79 3.6 11.2 225 52 305.4 307.2 292.8 334.1 9.55 6 750 2444 9.1 6.3 83 2.7 7.5 236 55 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.8 8.03 7 700 3012 4.5 2.1 85 2.3 3.2 246 58 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.0 6.39 8 650 3611 -0.3 -2.4 86 2.1 -1.3 248 60 308.6 309.5 289.9 323.9 4.94 9 600 4249 -2.4 -13.7 42 11.3 -6.6 241 73 313.3 313.8 288.9 320.6 2.22 10 550 4936 -4.6 -31.7 10 27.1 -11.1 239 81 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.4 0.49 11 500 5679 -9.6 -36.2 9 26.6 -15.0 239 83 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.6 0.35 12 450 6482 -16.2 -34.1 20 17.9 -19.6 244 89 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.47 13 400 7355 -23.4 -38.8 23 15.3 -25.6 246 89 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.8 0.33 14 350 8317 -30.9 -44.5 25 13.6 -32.3 250 90 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.21 15 300 9391 -39.3 -49.3 34 9.9 -40.0 258 101 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10617 -46.5 -55.3 36 8.8 -46.9 263 109 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.08 17 200 12079 -50.6 -71.3 7 20.7 -51.0 254 83 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13918 -59.9 -78.8 7 18.9 -60.1 282 81 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16426 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.1 325 6 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.90 m Freezing level: 653.33 mb = 3570.88 m = 11715.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3429.93 m = 11252.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.76 mb = 1240.98 m = 4071.40 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 22.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.18 mb = 1849.46 m = 6067.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.47 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1263.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.04 mb = 1570.65 m = 5152.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.04 mb = 2147.90 m = 7046.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.04 mb = 10965.66 m = 35976.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1249.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.04 mb = 14040.86 m = 46065.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 62.3 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 46.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 687.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 687.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 229.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.84 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 266.19 m/s