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: 35.55,-94.21 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 982 228 23.4 18.0 72 5.4 19.7 172 8 298.1 300.5 293.6 336.9 13.36 2 950 513 20.1 17.0 82 3.1 17.9 183 15 297.5 299.9 293.0 334.9 12.90 3 900 978 17.3 16.0 92 1.4 16.4 208 24 299.3 301.7 293.5 336.6 12.77 4 850 1468 17.5 12.5 72 5.0 14.3 224 33 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.6 10.76 5 800 1984 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.4 224 29 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.8 9.67 6 750 2525 10.0 7.7 86 2.2 8.6 220 24 307.4 309.0 292.9 334.2 8.84 7 700 3096 7.0 2.6 74 4.3 4.5 211 21 310.2 311.4 291.9 330.6 6.62 8 650 3702 3.0 -2.7 66 5.7 0.2 202 24 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.6 4.84 9 600 4345 -2.0 -4.4 84 2.4 -3.1 205 30 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.4 4.60 10 550 5031 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 214 36 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.6 4.10 11 500 5770 -11.3 -12.1 94 0.8 -11.6 220 41 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.03 12 450 6572 -15.4 -16.0 95 0.6 -15.6 223 44 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.1 2.45 13 400 7452 -21.3 -21.6 97 0.3 -21.3 230 49 327.4 327.7 292.6 333.3 1.71 14 350 8423 -28.2 -28.4 98 0.2 -28.3 234 54 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.5 1.05 15 300 9510 -36.5 -36.6 99 0.1 -36.5 237 61 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.0 0.56 16 250 10746 -46.6 -48.7 79 2.1 -46.7 236 71 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.18 17 200 12198 -52.3 -68.6 12 16.3 -52.7 244 91 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14023 -61.2 -78.8 8 17.6 -61.4 251 77 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16482 -69.6 -83.7 11 14.1 -69.7 262 38 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.51 m Freezing level: 619.85 mb = 4089.63 m = 13417.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.07 mb = 3738.31 m = 12264.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.43 mb = 907.49 m = 2977.30 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 9.02 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.18 mb = 1886.90 m = 6190.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 350.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.23 mb = 1042.94 m = 3421.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.23 mb = 3599.26 m = 11808.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.23 mb = 9550.62 m = 31333.69 ft B at Equ Level: 350.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.23 mb = 12254.34 m = 40204.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.0 neg: -32.2 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 8.19 Bulk Shear: 42.79 m/s