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,-94.29 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 SFC 973 223 25.7 18.6 65 7.0 20.8 182 16 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.5 14.04 2 950 429 24.3 17.1 64 7.3 19.4 189 33 301.9 304.3 294.4 340.2 12.99 3 900 900 20.2 15.5 75 4.6 17.1 198 42 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.0 12.43 4 850 1390 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.4 211 48 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.2 11.39 5 800 1905 13.3 9.5 78 3.8 10.9 226 53 305.3 307.1 292.6 333.4 9.36 6 750 2445 9.1 5.8 80 3.3 7.2 237 55 306.5 307.9 291.7 329.9 7.72 7 700 3013 4.6 1.6 81 2.9 3.0 244 57 307.6 308.7 290.7 326.5 6.17 8 650 3612 0.2 -3.5 76 3.7 -1.6 244 60 309.2 310.0 289.8 323.3 4.53 9 600 4251 -2.2 -13.3 42 11.1 -6.4 238 71 313.6 314.0 289.0 321.0 2.29 10 550 4938 -5.2 -25.2 19 19.9 -10.8 237 79 317.9 318.0 289.0 321.0 0.90 11 500 5679 -9.9 -35.8 10 25.9 -15.2 238 82 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.36 12 450 6482 -16.3 -34.2 20 17.9 -19.7 244 89 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.5 0.47 13 400 7355 -23.6 -37.0 28 13.4 -25.6 245 90 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.40 14 350 8315 -31.1 -43.9 27 12.8 -32.4 249 90 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 15 300 9389 -39.4 -49.1 35 9.8 -40.0 257 101 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.5 0.15 16 250 10614 -46.8 -54.0 44 7.2 -47.1 262 109 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 17 200 12075 -50.6 -71.1 7 20.5 -51.1 254 84 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13915 -59.7 -78.8 7 19.2 -59.9 282 78 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.5 325 6 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.35 m Freezing level: 646.21 mb = 3660.26 m = 12008.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.51 mb = 3396.94 m = 11144.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.93 mb = 1112.80 m = 3650.86 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.50 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1722.42 m = 5650.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.35 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.99 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1295.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.51 mb = 1415.29 m = 4643.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.51 mb = 2089.74 m = 6856.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.51 mb = 11088.90 m = 36380.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1273.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.51 mb = 13808.74 m = 45303.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 61.5 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 46.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 658.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 658.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.85 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 255.19 m/s