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: 35.68,-95.92 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 980 222 23.0 18.9 78 4.1 20.2 208 16 297.9 300.4 294.1 339.0 14.18 2 950 492 20.7 18.0 85 2.7 18.8 212 29 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.2 13.78 3 900 958 17.7 15.9 89 1.8 16.5 225 38 299.7 302.0 293.6 336.9 12.72 4 850 1447 15.9 12.4 80 3.5 13.6 234 40 302.8 304.8 292.9 334.5 10.69 5 800 1960 12.9 9.0 77 3.9 10.5 229 30 304.9 306.6 292.3 332.1 9.05 6 750 2500 9.2 5.9 80 3.2 7.3 230 25 306.5 308.0 291.7 330.1 7.79 7 700 3068 5.5 3.9 89 1.6 4.6 225 23 308.6 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.23 8 650 3672 2.4 2.2 98 0.3 2.3 205 28 311.7 313.0 292.6 333.1 6.90 9 600 4315 -1.2 -1.4 99 0.2 -1.3 194 33 314.8 315.9 292.5 333.0 5.78 10 550 5004 -5.7 -6.0 98 0.3 -5.8 200 38 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.6 4.45 11 500 5744 -10.2 -10.9 95 0.7 -10.5 205 38 320.6 321.2 292.1 331.5 3.32 12 450 6547 -15.3 -16.4 91 1.1 -15.6 213 39 324.0 324.5 292.3 332.0 2.37 13 400 7426 -21.3 -23.5 82 2.2 -21.8 224 46 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.4 1.44 14 350 8397 -28.4 -31.0 79 2.6 -28.9 224 61 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.82 15 300 9481 -37.5 -38.3 93 0.7 -37.6 226 74 332.5 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.47 16 250 10709 -48.1 -48.2 100 0.0 -48.1 230 90 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 17 200 12162 -51.6 -70.8 8 19.2 -52.0 241 92 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13998 -59.6 -78.7 7 19.1 -59.8 248 73 367.3 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16470 -69.2 -83.7 10 14.5 -69.4 260 38 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.80 m Freezing level: 616.17 mb = 4107.16 m = 13474.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.76 mb = 4080.77 m = 13388.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.24 mb = 738.57 m = 2423.09 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1511.36 m = 4958.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 36.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 634.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.24 mb = 1003.67 m = 3292.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.24 mb = 2277.20 m = 7471.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.24 mb = 10968.35 m = 35984.97 ft B at Equ Level: 630.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.24 mb = 12825.59 m = 42078.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.8 neg: -31.1 tot: 92.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 145.18 Bulk Shear: 4.37 m/s