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,-94.29 Latitude: 35.60 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 -19 SFC 970 250 25.3 18.6 66 6.7 20.6 183 16 301.1 303.6 294.8 342.2 14.00 2 950 427 24.2 17.1 65 7.1 19.3 189 31 301.7 304.1 294.3 340.1 13.03 3 900 898 20.1 15.5 75 4.6 17.0 198 42 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.8 12.39 4 850 1388 16.4 13.3 82 3.2 14.4 211 48 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.0 11.34 5 800 1903 13.3 9.6 78 3.7 11.0 226 53 305.3 307.1 292.7 333.5 9.40 6 750 2443 9.1 6.0 81 3.1 7.3 236 55 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.1 7.83 7 700 3010 4.5 1.9 83 2.6 3.1 243 57 307.5 308.7 290.8 326.7 6.30 8 650 3609 0.1 -3.2 78 3.3 -1.5 243 60 309.1 310.0 289.8 323.6 4.65 9 600 4248 -2.4 -12.3 46 9.9 -6.2 237 70 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.3 2.47 10 550 4935 -5.5 -24.6 21 19.1 -10.9 236 79 317.6 317.7 289.0 320.8 0.95 11 500 5675 -10.0 -35.4 11 25.4 -15.2 238 83 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.37 12 450 6478 -16.4 -34.2 20 17.8 -19.8 244 89 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.47 13 400 7350 -23.7 -37.4 27 13.7 -25.7 245 90 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.39 14 350 8310 -31.2 -43.9 28 12.7 -32.5 249 91 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.22 15 300 9384 -39.3 -49.5 33 10.2 -39.9 257 102 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10610 -46.6 -54.6 40 8.0 -47.0 262 107 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12072 -50.6 -71.2 7 20.6 -51.0 254 83 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13913 -59.5 -78.8 6 19.3 -59.7 282 76 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.2 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.4 325 6 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.83 m Freezing level: 648.01 mb = 3634.86 m = 11925.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.24 mb = 3409.90 m = 11187.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.03 mb = 1099.89 m = 3608.52 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 21.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1734.47 m = 5690.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1277.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.28 mb = 1415.52 m = 4644.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.28 mb = 2090.07 m = 6857.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.28 mb = 10815.74 m = 35484.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1274.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.28 mb = 13816.53 m = 45329.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 61.8 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 46.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 647.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 647.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.72 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 254.01 m/s