MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.37,-94.39 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 981 221 23.6 19.6 78 4.1 20.8 221 10 298.4 301.1 294.6 341.3 14.75 2 950 501 21.9 17.5 76 4.4 18.9 221 24 299.4 301.8 293.9 338.4 13.36 3 900 968 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.6 223 29 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.4 12.82 4 850 1456 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 230 33 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.7 11.98 5 800 1968 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 229 36 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.2 10.80 6 750 2507 9.2 8.7 97 0.5 8.9 219 37 306.6 308.3 293.1 335.2 9.48 7 700 3076 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 4.9 210 36 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.7 7.54 8 650 3680 2.3 -0.4 83 2.7 0.9 206 38 311.6 312.6 291.6 329.5 5.74 9 600 4323 -1.6 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 206 44 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.6 4.82 10 550 5010 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.6 208 49 316.9 317.6 291.7 329.9 4.04 11 500 5750 -10.8 -11.9 91 1.1 -11.2 211 52 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.08 12 450 6554 -15.1 -15.9 93 0.9 -15.4 221 59 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.6 2.45 13 400 7436 -20.4 -20.4 100 0.0 -20.4 232 61 328.4 328.8 293.0 335.0 1.88 14 350 8410 -27.8 -27.8 100 -0.0 -27.8 235 59 331.2 331.5 293.1 335.2 1.11 15 300 9496 -36.8 -37.3 95 0.5 -36.9 234 70 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.52 16 250 10735 -45.1 -48.2 71 3.1 -45.3 229 69 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.19 17 200 12193 -53.1 -68.5 14 15.3 -53.4 246 82 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14012 -60.5 -78.6 8 18.1 -60.6 255 73 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16479 -69.9 -83.6 12 13.7 -70.0 248 34 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.15 m Freezing level: 620.34 mb = 4061.02 m = 13323.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3836.50 m = 12586.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.31 mb = 737.94 m = 2421.04 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1225.78 m = 4021.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.37 mb = 1079.29 m = 3540.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.37 mb = 1422.11 m = 4665.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.37 mb = 10380.91 m = 34057.69 ft B at Equ Level: 621.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.37 mb = 13096.54 m = 42967.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -31.2 tot: 44.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 12.85 Bulk Shear: 48.51 m/s