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,-94.45 Latitude: 35.66 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 -26 SFC 967 268 25.6 18.3 64 7.3 20.5 184 18 301.7 304.2 294.8 342.3 13.79 2 950 420 24.9 16.7 61 8.2 19.3 190 32 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.0 12.70 3 900 892 21.0 14.9 68 6.1 16.9 199 43 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.5 11.92 4 850 1384 17.1 12.8 75 4.4 14.3 211 48 304.1 306.1 293.5 336.8 10.96 5 800 1899 13.3 9.9 80 3.4 11.2 225 52 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.2 9.61 6 750 2439 9.0 6.6 85 2.4 7.6 236 54 306.3 307.8 292.0 331.1 8.19 7 700 3006 4.2 2.7 89 1.6 3.4 244 57 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.4 6.64 8 650 3605 -0.6 -1.7 92 1.1 -1.2 246 59 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.3 5.19 9 600 4241 -3.2 -10.4 57 7.2 -6.1 239 70 312.4 312.9 289.2 321.6 2.88 10 550 4927 -5.7 -26.2 18 20.6 -11.2 237 82 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.2 0.82 11 500 5667 -10.1 -35.8 10 25.7 -15.3 238 86 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.0 0.36 12 450 6469 -16.6 -34.6 20 18.0 -20.0 244 91 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.45 13 400 7341 -23.8 -39.7 22 15.9 -26.0 246 91 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.30 14 350 8301 -31.2 -44.6 26 13.4 -32.5 250 94 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.21 15 300 9375 -39.0 -50.9 27 11.9 -39.7 257 106 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.12 16 250 10604 -45.9 -57.3 27 11.4 -46.4 262 104 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.07 17 200 12071 -50.2 -71.9 6 21.7 -50.7 252 80 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 18 150 13913 -59.5 -78.7 7 19.2 -59.7 281 74 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 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: 5693.67 m Freezing level: 656.06 mb = 3532.04 m = 11587.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.77 mb = 3447.49 m = 11310.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.61 mb = 1197.50 m = 3928.77 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.09 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1869.86 m = 6134.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.16 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1257.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.46 mb = 1581.49 m = 5188.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.46 mb = 2159.52 m = 7084.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.46 mb = 10724.51 m = 35184.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1250.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.46 mb = 13684.25 m = 44895.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 62.7 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 635.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 635.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 211.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.52 Bulk Rich Number: 4.93 Bulk Shear: 255.22 m/s