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: 35.53,-94.06 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 974 216 24.8 18.9 70 5.9 20.6 182 15 300.1 302.7 294.7 341.8 14.23 2 950 437 23.1 17.5 71 5.6 19.2 189 31 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.35 3 900 906 18.8 16.1 84 2.7 17.0 197 40 300.9 303.3 294.0 338.9 12.92 4 850 1395 15.4 13.9 91 1.5 14.4 211 48 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.3 11.84 5 800 1908 13.3 9.0 75 4.3 10.6 228 54 305.3 307.0 292.4 332.5 9.05 6 750 2448 9.2 4.8 74 4.4 6.6 237 54 306.5 307.9 291.3 328.4 7.19 7 700 3016 4.8 0.5 74 4.3 2.6 241 56 307.8 308.9 290.4 325.3 5.69 8 650 3617 1.2 -6.5 56 7.8 -2.3 238 61 310.4 311.1 289.3 321.8 3.61 9 600 4258 -1.5 -13.9 38 12.4 -6.2 234 69 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.17 10 550 4945 -5.9 -20.3 31 14.4 -10.4 234 75 317.1 317.3 289.3 321.7 1.38 11 500 5685 -10.1 -35.4 11 25.3 -15.3 237 79 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.0 0.37 12 450 6487 -16.2 -34.2 20 18.0 -19.6 243 86 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.47 13 400 7360 -23.6 -34.3 37 10.7 -25.4 244 90 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.52 14 350 8321 -31.3 -43.0 31 11.7 -32.6 247 88 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.24 15 300 9393 -39.5 -48.0 40 8.5 -40.1 257 98 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 16 250 10617 -47.5 -51.8 61 4.3 -47.7 262 110 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 17 200 12073 -51.0 -70.6 8 19.6 -51.4 255 87 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13913 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 283 77 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.8 -83.8 5 19.9 -64.0 320 6 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.99 m Freezing level: 627.72 mb = 3902.29 m = 12802.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.29 mb = 3331.48 m = 10929.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.21 mb = 961.21 m = 3153.54 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 20.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1363.43 m = 4473.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1283.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.86 mb = 1197.31 m = 3928.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.86 mb = 2175.53 m = 7137.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.86 mb = 11024.32 m = 36168.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.86 mb = 14129.45 m = 46355.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 60.0 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 45.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 627.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 627.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.74 Bulk Rich Number: 5.33 Bulk Shear: 241.01 m/s