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,-94.45 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 SFC 969 249 25.9 18.3 63 7.6 20.6 183 17 301.8 304.3 294.9 342.5 13.82 2 950 421 25.0 16.7 60 8.3 19.3 190 33 302.6 304.9 294.3 340.1 12.68 3 900 893 21.0 14.9 68 6.1 17.0 199 43 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.6 11.94 4 850 1386 17.1 12.8 76 4.3 14.3 211 48 304.1 306.1 293.5 336.8 10.98 5 800 1900 13.3 9.9 80 3.5 11.2 225 52 305.4 307.1 292.8 334.1 9.59 6 750 2440 9.0 6.5 84 2.5 7.5 236 54 306.4 307.9 292.0 331.0 8.15 7 700 3008 4.3 2.5 88 1.8 3.4 245 57 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.3 6.57 8 650 3606 -0.6 -1.9 91 1.3 -1.2 247 59 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.2 5.14 9 600 4243 -3.0 -11.5 52 8.5 -6.3 240 71 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.2 2.64 10 550 4930 -5.3 -28.1 15 22.8 -11.2 237 82 317.8 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.69 11 500 5671 -9.9 -35.9 10 26.0 -15.2 238 85 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.2 0.36 12 450 6473 -16.5 -34.4 20 17.9 -19.8 244 91 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.46 13 400 7345 -23.7 -39.6 22 15.9 -25.9 246 91 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.3 0.31 14 350 8306 -31.1 -44.6 25 13.5 -32.4 250 93 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.21 15 300 9380 -39.1 -50.4 29 11.3 -39.8 257 104 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.13 16 250 10608 -46.1 -56.8 29 10.7 -46.5 262 106 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.07 17 200 12073 -50.3 -71.7 6 21.4 -50.7 253 81 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13915 -59.7 -78.7 7 19.1 -59.9 281 77 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16425 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.9 -63.1 328 6 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.45 m Freezing level: 655.84 mb = 3536.46 m = 11602.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.25 mb = 3443.48 m = 11297.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.51 mb = 1209.97 m = 3969.68 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.27 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1863.20 m = 6112.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.14 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1258.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.66 mb = 1580.98 m = 5186.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.66 mb = 2158.93 m = 7083.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.66 mb = 10722.93 m = 35179.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1256.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.66 mb = 13677.34 m = 44872.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 656.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 656.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.64 Bulk Rich Number: 4.83 Bulk Shear: 260.41 m/s