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: 35.99,-94.00 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 1 950 424 SFC 947 455 21.4 18.0 81 3.4 19.1 183 17 299.2 301.7 294.2 339.5 13.82 3 900 891 17.8 15.9 88 2.0 16.5 191 42 299.9 302.2 293.6 337.0 12.70 4 850 1378 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 204 52 302.2 304.2 293.3 335.7 11.36 5 800 1891 12.8 9.8 82 3.1 10.9 222 55 304.8 306.6 292.6 333.4 9.52 6 750 2431 9.0 6.9 87 2.1 7.8 231 59 306.4 307.9 292.2 331.6 8.34 7 700 2999 4.4 3.3 92 1.2 3.8 239 64 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.6 6.94 8 650 3598 0.2 -2.4 83 2.6 -1.1 239 67 309.2 310.1 290.1 324.5 4.94 9 600 4238 -1.5 -15.3 34 13.8 -6.5 233 74 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.7 1.93 10 550 4926 -5.0 -27.2 16 22.3 -10.9 233 79 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.8 0.75 11 500 5668 -10.0 -30.9 16 20.9 -14.8 234 82 320.9 321.0 289.6 323.0 0.58 12 450 6470 -16.8 -32.7 24 15.9 -19.9 242 86 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.55 13 400 7341 -23.9 -37.9 26 14.0 -25.9 244 88 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.36 14 350 8300 -31.7 -43.0 32 11.4 -32.8 246 88 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.24 15 300 9371 -39.7 -50.0 32 10.3 -40.3 251 99 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 16 250 10597 -47.2 -57.6 29 10.4 -47.6 259 107 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.2 0.06 17 200 12052 -51.6 -70.4 9 18.8 -52.0 254 84 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13894 -58.5 -78.8 6 20.3 -58.7 276 66 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16425 -63.2 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.4 312 6 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.11 m Freezing level: 644.22 mb = 3672.44 m = 12048.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.24 mb = 3459.77 m = 11350.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.02 mb = 890.30 m = 2920.90 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1535.46 m = 5037.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 981.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.88 mb = 1220.44 m = 4004.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.88 mb = 2201.51 m = 7222.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.88 mb = 10838.88 m = 35560.18 ft B at Equ Level: 966.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.88 mb = 13445.51 m = 44112.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 65.8 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 49.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 767.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 767.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 255.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.25 Bulk Rich Number: 3.37 Bulk Shear: 291.44 m/s