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,-94.24 Latitude: 35.62 Longitude: -94.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 SFC 969 258 24.9 18.6 68 6.4 20.5 183 16 300.8 303.4 294.8 342.0 14.03 2 950 428 23.9 17.2 66 6.6 19.3 189 31 301.4 303.8 294.3 340.0 13.13 3 900 898 19.8 15.6 77 4.1 17.0 197 42 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.8 12.50 4 850 1389 16.2 13.4 83 2.8 14.4 211 48 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.0 11.43 5 800 1903 13.3 9.5 78 3.8 10.9 226 53 305.3 307.0 292.6 333.4 9.36 6 750 2443 9.1 5.9 80 3.2 7.2 236 55 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.0 7.77 7 700 3010 4.5 1.8 83 2.7 3.1 242 57 307.5 308.7 290.7 326.6 6.25 8 650 3610 0.3 -3.6 75 3.8 -1.6 242 60 309.3 310.1 289.8 323.4 4.53 9 600 4249 -2.3 -12.4 46 10.1 -6.2 236 70 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.46 10 550 4935 -5.6 -23.6 23 18.0 -10.8 236 79 317.4 317.6 289.0 321.0 1.03 11 500 5676 -10.1 -35.1 11 25.1 -15.2 238 82 320.8 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.39 12 450 6478 -16.4 -34.2 20 17.8 -19.8 243 88 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.47 13 400 7350 -23.7 -36.9 29 13.2 -25.7 245 90 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.7 0.40 14 350 8311 -31.3 -43.7 28 12.5 -32.5 248 91 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.23 15 300 9383 -39.3 -49.4 34 10.0 -39.9 256 102 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10610 -46.7 -54.2 42 7.5 -47.1 262 107 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12070 -50.7 -71.1 7 20.4 -51.1 254 84 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13912 -59.4 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.6 282 75 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.5 323 6 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.67 m Freezing level: 644.53 mb = 3679.51 m = 12071.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.88 mb = 3402.40 m = 11162.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.83 mb = 1063.44 m = 3488.94 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 21.03 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1685.99 m = 5531.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.92 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1272.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.14 mb = 1366.98 m = 4484.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.14 mb = 2145.24 m = 7038.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.14 mb = 10955.49 m = 35942.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1259.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.14 mb = 14031.25 m = 46033.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 61.7 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 46.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 643.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 643.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.6 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: 5.04 Bulk Shear: 252.38 m/s