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: 35.60,-94.14 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 970 250 24.6 18.7 70 5.9 20.5 183 16 300.4 303.0 294.7 341.8 14.13 2 950 432 23.4 17.4 69 6.0 19.3 189 30 300.9 303.3 294.3 339.9 13.29 3 900 901 19.2 15.9 81 3.3 17.0 197 41 301.3 303.6 294.0 338.8 12.73 4 850 1391 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.4 210 48 302.6 304.8 293.6 337.1 11.63 5 800 1905 13.2 9.3 77 4.0 10.8 227 54 305.3 307.0 292.5 333.0 9.22 6 750 2445 9.1 5.4 78 3.7 7.0 236 55 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.3 7.53 7 700 3012 4.7 1.3 79 3.3 2.9 241 57 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.2 6.03 8 650 3612 0.7 -4.7 67 5.5 -1.8 240 61 309.8 310.6 289.6 322.8 4.14 9 600 4252 -1.9 -13.3 41 11.4 -6.2 235 70 313.9 314.4 289.2 321.4 2.29 10 550 4939 -5.7 -22.1 26 16.4 -10.6 235 77 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.3 1.18 11 500 5679 -10.1 -35.0 11 24.9 -15.2 237 81 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.39 12 450 6482 -16.3 -34.1 20 17.8 -19.7 243 87 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.47 13 400 7355 -23.7 -35.6 32 12.0 -25.6 244 90 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.46 14 350 8315 -31.3 -43.3 30 12.0 -32.6 248 89 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.24 15 300 9387 -39.4 -48.7 37 9.3 -40.1 256 100 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.15 16 250 10612 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.4 262 109 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12070 -50.9 -70.8 8 19.9 -51.3 254 85 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13911 -59.3 -78.9 6 19.6 -59.6 282 76 367.8 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.6 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.7 321 6 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.31 m Freezing level: 636.07 mb = 3790.64 m = 12436.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.16 mb = 3377.13 m = 11079.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.47 mb = 1002.18 m = 3287.95 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.45 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1540.20 m = 5053.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.95 mb = 1271.32 m = 4170.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.95 mb = 2149.26 m = 7051.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.95 mb = 10962.51 m = 35965.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.95 mb = 14038.76 m = 46058.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 61.1 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 45.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 641.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 641.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 213.7 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: 4.70 Bulk Rich Number: 5.08 Bulk Shear: 249.16 m/s