MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-94.53 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 982 227 23.7 17.8 70 5.9 19.6 180 7 298.4 300.8 293.5 336.7 13.19 2 950 512 20.4 16.9 80 3.5 18.0 190 16 297.9 300.2 293.1 335.1 12.82 3 900 977 17.6 15.9 90 1.7 16.5 209 27 299.7 302.0 293.6 336.9 12.74 4 850 1468 17.4 12.9 74 4.6 14.4 224 35 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.4 11.04 5 800 1983 13.8 10.2 79 3.7 11.5 224 30 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.3 9.78 6 750 2525 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 219 25 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.4 8.84 7 700 3097 7.2 2.6 73 4.6 4.6 211 21 310.5 311.7 292.0 331.0 6.63 8 650 3703 3.5 -2.6 64 6.1 0.4 202 24 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.86 9 600 4347 -1.6 -4.9 78 3.3 -3.1 203 28 314.3 315.1 291.3 328.4 4.44 10 550 5034 -6.3 -6.9 95 0.6 -6.6 210 35 316.6 317.4 291.7 329.9 4.14 11 500 5773 -11.3 -12.4 92 1.1 -11.7 218 41 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.0 2.96 12 450 6575 -15.6 -16.3 95 0.7 -15.8 221 44 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.7 2.39 13 400 7455 -21.2 -21.8 95 0.6 -21.4 229 50 327.5 327.8 292.6 333.3 1.67 14 350 8426 -28.3 -28.8 96 0.5 -28.3 234 55 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.3 1.02 15 300 9513 -36.4 -36.4 100 -0.0 -36.4 237 61 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.1 0.56 16 250 10749 -46.5 -47.7 87 1.2 -46.6 235 70 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.20 17 200 12204 -51.9 -69.3 11 17.4 -52.2 244 91 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14031 -61.1 -78.9 8 17.8 -61.2 252 76 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16486 -70.1 -83.5 12 13.5 -70.2 257 37 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.53 m Freezing level: 615.69 mb = 4144.91 m = 13598.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.99 mb = 3777.80 m = 12394.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.08 mb = 966.83 m = 3171.97 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1919.36 m = 6297.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 351.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.15 mb = 1090.92 m = 3579.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.15 mb = 3788.27 m = 12428.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.15 mb = 9669.86 m = 31724.88 ft B at Equ Level: 351.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.15 mb = 12102.37 m = 39705.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.3 neg: -36.2 tot: 106.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 9.86 Bulk Shear: 35.70 m/s