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: 35.6,-94.06 Latitude: 35.60 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 -11 SFC 970 251 24.3 18.8 71 5.5 20.5 183 15 300.0 302.6 294.7 341.5 14.18 2 950 435 23.0 17.5 72 5.4 19.2 189 29 300.5 302.9 294.3 339.8 13.40 3 900 903 18.7 16.1 85 2.7 17.0 196 40 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.6 12.88 4 850 1392 15.4 13.8 90 1.6 14.4 210 48 302.3 304.4 293.6 337.1 11.76 5 800 1906 13.2 9.1 76 4.1 10.7 228 54 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.7 9.13 6 750 2446 9.1 5.1 76 4.0 6.8 236 55 306.5 307.9 291.4 328.9 7.37 7 700 3014 4.8 1.0 77 3.8 2.8 241 57 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.8 5.89 8 650 3614 1.1 -5.7 60 6.8 -2.0 238 61 310.2 310.9 289.5 322.3 3.84 9 600 4254 -1.6 -13.8 39 12.2 -6.2 233 70 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.4 2.19 10 550 4942 -5.8 -21.0 29 15.2 -10.5 234 76 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.6 1.30 11 500 5682 -10.1 -34.7 11 24.6 -15.2 237 80 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.40 12 450 6484 -16.3 -34.0 20 17.7 -19.7 243 86 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.5 0.48 13 400 7357 -23.7 -34.8 35 11.1 -25.5 244 90 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.50 14 350 8317 -31.4 -43.1 31 11.7 -32.6 247 89 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.24 15 300 9389 -39.5 -48.4 38 8.9 -40.1 256 99 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 16 250 10613 -47.4 -52.5 56 5.1 -47.6 262 109 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12070 -51.0 -70.6 8 19.5 -51.4 255 87 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13911 -59.3 -79.0 6 19.7 -59.5 282 75 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.9 319 6 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.50 m Freezing level: 630.06 mb = 3869.32 m = 12694.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.14 mb = 3354.68 m = 11006.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.90 mb = 952.08 m = 3123.58 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 20.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1382.45 m = 4535.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.63 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1246.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.46 mb = 1198.66 m = 3932.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.46 mb = 2177.17 m = 7142.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.46 mb = 11032.03 m = 36193.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.46 mb = 13722.93 m = 45022.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 60.8 knts Storm direction: 261.2 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): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 637.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 637.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.64 Bulk Rich Number: 5.05 Bulk Shear: 247.04 m/s