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,-94.61 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -26 SFC 973 217 27.4 17.3 54 10.0 20.4 190 14 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.89 2 950 422 26.1 15.5 52 10.7 18.9 198 31 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.5 11.71 3 900 895 22.0 13.6 59 8.3 16.5 207 40 304.2 306.2 293.6 336.9 10.97 4 850 1389 17.9 11.3 65 6.6 13.7 217 45 304.9 306.8 293.0 334.8 9.97 5 800 1904 13.7 8.6 71 5.1 10.6 228 49 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.3 8.80 6 750 2445 9.3 5.3 76 3.9 7.0 237 52 306.7 308.1 291.6 329.4 7.49 7 700 3012 4.5 1.6 81 2.9 2.9 244 54 307.5 308.6 290.6 326.3 6.14 8 650 3611 -0.6 -2.1 90 1.5 -1.3 246 56 308.3 309.2 289.9 323.9 5.05 9 600 4248 -3.1 -11.2 54 8.1 -6.3 240 68 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.2 2.71 10 550 4933 -5.3 -30.3 12 25.0 -11.4 238 81 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.8 0.56 11 500 5675 -9.9 -36.4 9 26.5 -15.2 240 85 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.34 12 450 6477 -16.4 -34.3 20 17.8 -19.8 245 91 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.47 13 400 7349 -23.6 -39.7 21 16.1 -25.8 247 90 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.30 14 350 8310 -31.0 -44.5 25 13.5 -32.4 252 93 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.21 15 300 9384 -39.3 -49.6 33 10.3 -39.9 259 104 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10611 -46.2 -56.7 29 10.5 -46.6 264 109 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.07 17 200 12076 -49.9 -71.8 6 21.8 -50.4 253 83 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13918 -59.6 -78.8 6 19.2 -59.8 283 79 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16427 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 324 7 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.06 m Freezing level: 656.00 mb = 3539.06 m = 11610.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.52 mb = 3420.26 m = 11221.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.10 mb = 1488.18 m = 4882.44 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 21.31 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.88 mb = 2117.40 m = 6946.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1024.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.92 mb = 1851.96 m = 6075.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.92 mb = 2334.46 m = 7658.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.92 mb = 10613.28 m = 34820.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1017.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.92 mb = 13119.84 m = 43043.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 60.1 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 45.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 542.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 542.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 180.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.67 Bulk Shear: 219.39 m/s