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: 35.66,-94.06 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 967 280 23.9 18.7 72 5.2 20.3 183 16 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.3 14.14 2 950 433 22.8 17.6 72 5.2 19.2 189 28 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.7 13.44 3 900 901 18.7 16.0 85 2.6 16.9 195 41 300.7 303.1 293.9 338.4 12.84 4 850 1390 15.4 13.7 90 1.7 14.3 209 49 302.3 304.4 293.6 336.9 11.69 5 800 1904 13.2 9.2 77 3.9 10.7 227 54 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.8 9.19 6 750 2443 9.1 5.4 78 3.7 7.0 236 55 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.3 7.53 7 700 3011 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 240 58 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.3 6.06 8 650 3611 0.9 -5.1 64 6.0 -1.9 238 62 310.0 310.8 289.6 322.7 4.03 9 600 4252 -1.7 -13.7 39 12.1 -6.2 233 70 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.4 2.20 10 550 4939 -5.8 -21.6 27 15.9 -10.6 234 76 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.5 1.24 11 500 5679 -10.1 -34.1 12 24.0 -15.2 237 80 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.42 12 450 6481 -16.4 -33.8 21 17.5 -19.7 243 87 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.49 13 400 7354 -23.7 -35.3 34 11.6 -25.6 244 89 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.47 14 350 8314 -31.4 -43.1 31 11.6 -32.6 247 89 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.24 15 300 9386 -39.5 -48.6 37 9.1 -40.1 255 99 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 16 250 10610 -47.3 -53.1 51 5.8 -47.6 261 109 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 17 200 12067 -51.1 -70.6 8 19.5 -51.5 255 86 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 13908 -59.1 -78.9 6 19.8 -59.3 282 74 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.6 -83.8 5 20.1 -63.8 318 6 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.22 m Freezing level: 632.23 mb = 3838.98 m = 12594.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.31 mb = 3374.40 m = 11070.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.40 mb = 945.11 m = 3100.73 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.88 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1413.46 m = 4637.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1212.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.86 mb = 1202.47 m = 3945.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.86 mb = 2181.49 m = 7157.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.86 mb = 11046.16 m = 36240.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1193.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.86 mb = 13745.80 m = 45097.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 61.5 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 46.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 648.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 648.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 216.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.56 Bulk Rich Number: 4.81 Bulk Shear: 252.17 m/s