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: 35.87,-94.14 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 SFC 956 374 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.6 185 18 299.9 302.5 294.5 340.6 13.90 2 950 424 22.8 17.6 73 5.2 19.2 188 23 300.3 302.7 294.2 339.6 13.44 3 900 892 18.9 15.7 82 3.1 16.7 194 42 300.9 303.2 293.8 337.9 12.57 4 850 1382 15.8 13.3 85 2.5 14.1 208 50 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.3 11.35 5 800 1895 13.0 9.7 80 3.4 10.9 224 54 305.1 306.8 292.6 333.5 9.47 6 750 2435 9.0 6.5 84 2.5 7.5 233 56 306.3 307.8 291.9 330.9 8.12 7 700 3003 4.4 2.8 89 1.6 3.5 240 60 307.3 308.6 291.0 327.7 6.68 8 650 3602 0.2 -2.7 81 2.9 -1.2 239 63 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.2 4.82 9 600 4241 -2.3 -11.8 48 9.5 -6.1 233 71 313.4 313.9 289.3 321.8 2.58 10 550 4927 -5.8 -23.6 23 17.7 -10.9 234 79 317.2 317.4 289.0 320.7 1.04 11 500 5667 -10.2 -32.9 14 22.7 -15.2 236 83 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.3 0.48 12 450 6468 -16.8 -33.7 22 16.9 -20.0 243 88 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.49 13 400 7340 -24.0 -37.7 27 13.7 -26.0 245 90 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.37 14 350 8299 -31.6 -43.4 30 11.8 -32.8 247 91 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.23 15 300 9371 -39.3 -50.2 31 10.9 -40.0 254 103 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 16 250 10598 -46.7 -56.4 32 9.7 -47.1 260 105 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12059 -51.0 -70.8 8 19.9 -51.4 253 82 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13902 -58.8 -78.8 6 20.0 -59.0 279 68 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16426 -63.2 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.4 318 6 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.18 m Freezing level: 646.42 mb = 3647.60 m = 11967.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.91 mb = 3442.81 m = 11295.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.79 mb = 970.81 m = 3185.02 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1648.58 m = 5408.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1136.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.78 mb = 1303.63 m = 4276.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.78 mb = 2184.77 m = 7167.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.78 mb = 10790.08 m = 35400.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1126.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.78 mb = 13378.03 m = 43890.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 63.8 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 47.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 664.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 664.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 221.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.32 Bulk Rich Number: 4.36 Bulk Shear: 261.04 m/s