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,-94.22 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 275 24.6 18.5 69 6.1 20.4 184 17 300.6 303.2 294.7 341.8 14.02 2 950 427 23.7 17.3 68 6.4 19.3 189 30 301.2 303.6 294.3 340.0 13.19 3 900 897 19.6 15.7 78 3.9 17.0 197 42 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.6 12.53 4 850 1388 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.3 210 48 303.0 305.1 293.6 336.9 11.43 5 800 1902 13.2 9.5 78 3.7 10.9 226 53 305.2 307.0 292.6 333.4 9.36 6 750 2442 9.1 5.9 81 3.1 7.2 236 55 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.0 7.80 7 700 3009 4.5 1.9 83 2.6 3.1 242 57 307.5 308.7 290.8 326.8 6.30 8 650 3609 0.3 -3.5 76 3.8 -1.5 241 60 309.3 310.2 289.8 323.5 4.54 9 600 4247 -2.3 -12.2 47 9.9 -6.2 236 70 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.6 2.50 10 550 4934 -5.7 -23.3 24 17.6 -10.8 235 78 317.3 317.5 289.0 320.9 1.06 11 500 5674 -10.1 -34.8 11 24.7 -15.2 237 82 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.40 12 450 6476 -16.5 -34.2 20 17.7 -19.8 243 88 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.47 13 400 7349 -23.8 -36.9 29 13.1 -25.8 245 90 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.40 14 350 8309 -31.3 -43.7 29 12.3 -32.6 248 91 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.23 15 300 9381 -39.3 -49.5 33 10.2 -39.9 256 102 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10608 -46.7 -54.4 41 7.7 -47.1 262 107 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.09 17 200 12068 -50.7 -71.0 7 20.3 -51.1 254 84 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 13910 -59.3 -78.8 6 19.6 -59.5 281 74 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 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: 5692.23 m Freezing level: 644.25 mb = 3682.04 m = 12080.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.24 mb = 3408.99 m = 11184.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.72 mb = 1044.27 m = 3426.03 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 20.84 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1670.86 m = 5481.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1254.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.78 mb = 1349.53 m = 4427.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.78 mb = 2126.53 m = 6976.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.78 mb = 10908.42 m = 35788.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1243.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.78 mb = 13960.99 m = 45803.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 61.9 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 46.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 641.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 641.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.0 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: 4.63 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 252.47 m/s