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: 35.62,-94.10 Latitude: 35.62 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 969 260 24.3 18.7 71 5.6 20.4 183 16 300.2 302.8 294.7 341.6 14.14 2 950 433 23.1 17.5 71 5.6 19.2 189 29 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.9 13.36 3 900 902 19.0 16.0 83 3.0 17.0 196 41 301.0 303.4 294.0 338.6 12.79 4 850 1391 15.6 13.7 89 1.9 14.4 210 48 302.5 304.6 293.6 337.0 11.67 5 800 1905 13.2 9.2 77 4.0 10.7 227 54 305.2 306.9 292.5 332.9 9.20 6 750 2444 9.1 5.4 77 3.8 6.9 236 55 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.2 7.50 7 700 3012 4.7 1.3 79 3.4 2.9 241 57 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.1 6.01 8 650 3612 0.9 -5.0 65 5.9 -1.9 239 61 309.9 310.7 289.6 322.6 4.05 9 600 4252 -1.8 -13.5 40 11.7 -6.2 234 70 314.1 314.5 289.2 321.4 2.26 10 550 4940 -5.8 -21.7 27 15.9 -10.6 234 76 317.2 317.5 289.2 321.4 1.23 11 500 5680 -10.1 -34.7 11 24.5 -15.2 237 80 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.40 12 450 6482 -16.3 -34.0 20 17.7 -19.7 243 87 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.48 13 400 7355 -23.7 -35.4 33 11.7 -25.5 244 90 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.47 14 350 8315 -31.4 -43.2 30 11.8 -32.6 247 89 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.24 15 300 9387 -39.5 -48.6 37 9.2 -40.1 256 99 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.15 16 250 10612 -47.2 -53.0 52 5.8 -47.5 262 109 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12069 -51.0 -70.7 8 19.7 -51.4 255 86 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13910 -59.3 -78.9 6 19.7 -59.5 282 75 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.6 -83.8 5 20.1 -63.8 320 6 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.43 m Freezing level: 633.77 mb = 3820.16 m = 12533.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.54 mb = 3372.44 m = 11064.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.40 mb = 974.35 m = 3196.65 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1476.96 m = 4845.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1244.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.58 mb = 1235.48 m = 4053.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.58 mb = 2110.14 m = 6922.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.58 mb = 10862.71 m = 35638.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1243.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.58 mb = 13885.72 m = 45556.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 61.2 knts Storm direction: 261.4 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): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 641.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 641.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 213.9 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: 4.99 Bulk Shear: 249.42 m/s