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: 35.73,-94.06 Latitude: 35.73 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 -13 SFC 963 315 23.4 18.5 74 4.9 20.1 183 16 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.0 14.08 2 950 430 22.7 17.6 73 5.0 19.2 188 26 300.2 302.6 294.2 339.7 13.49 3 900 899 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.8 195 41 300.6 303.0 293.9 338.2 12.79 4 850 1388 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.3 208 49 302.3 304.5 293.5 336.6 11.61 5 800 1901 13.1 9.4 78 3.7 10.8 226 54 305.1 306.8 292.5 332.9 9.27 6 750 2441 9.1 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 235 56 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.8 7.70 7 700 3009 4.6 1.8 82 2.8 3.1 240 59 307.6 308.8 290.8 326.8 6.25 8 650 3609 0.7 -4.4 69 5.1 -1.7 238 63 309.8 310.6 289.7 323.1 4.25 9 600 4249 -1.7 -13.7 40 11.9 -6.2 233 71 314.1 314.6 289.2 321.4 2.22 10 550 4936 -5.7 -22.4 25 16.7 -10.6 234 77 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.3 1.16 11 500 5676 -10.1 -33.5 13 23.4 -15.1 236 81 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.45 12 450 6478 -16.5 -33.7 21 17.2 -19.8 243 87 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.49 13 400 7351 -23.8 -35.9 32 12.1 -25.6 244 89 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.45 14 350 8310 -31.5 -43.1 31 11.6 -32.7 247 89 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 15 300 9382 -39.5 -49.0 36 9.5 -40.1 254 99 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 16 250 10607 -47.2 -53.9 46 6.7 -47.5 261 108 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 17 200 12064 -51.1 -70.6 8 19.4 -51.5 254 85 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13906 -59.0 -78.9 6 19.9 -59.2 281 72 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.7 317 6 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.74 m Freezing level: 634.98 mb = 3800.82 m = 12469.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.48 mb = 3393.78 m = 11134.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.89 mb = 937.96 m = 3077.27 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1457.87 m = 4782.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.81 mb = 1210.25 m = 3970.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.81 mb = 2190.20 m = 7185.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.81 mb = 10797.63 m = 35424.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1169.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.81 mb = 13786.81 m = 45231.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 62.3 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 46.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 661.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 661.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 220.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.47 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 257.93 m/s