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: 35.74,-94.57 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 974 281 21.9 18.8 82 3.1 19.8 236 12 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.2 14.13 2 950 495 20.0 17.2 84 2.8 18.1 236 23 297.5 299.9 293.2 335.4 13.09 3 900 960 16.3 15.3 94 1.0 15.7 237 28 298.3 300.6 292.8 333.9 12.24 4 850 1445 13.7 13.3 97 0.4 13.4 240 32 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.8 11.33 5 800 1955 11.4 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 233 33 303.3 305.3 292.9 334.5 10.49 6 750 2494 8.8 8.4 98 0.4 8.6 215 35 306.1 307.9 292.8 334.1 9.29 7 700 3063 5.6 4.7 94 0.9 5.1 203 37 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.1 7.67 8 650 3667 2.4 0.8 89 1.6 1.5 201 41 311.7 312.8 292.0 331.2 6.27 9 600 4311 -1.3 -2.6 91 1.3 -1.9 202 47 314.6 315.6 292.1 331.3 5.27 10 550 5000 -5.7 -6.6 93 0.9 -6.1 206 53 317.3 318.2 292.0 331.0 4.25 11 500 5742 -10.4 -11.4 92 1.0 -10.8 212 56 320.3 320.9 291.9 330.8 3.19 12 450 6547 -14.7 -15.6 93 0.8 -15.0 224 59 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.3 2.53 13 400 7429 -20.4 -20.8 97 0.4 -20.5 234 60 328.4 328.8 293.0 334.8 1.82 14 350 8403 -28.1 -28.5 96 0.4 -28.2 234 58 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.7 1.04 15 300 9488 -37.1 -37.8 93 0.7 -37.2 233 66 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.9 0.49 16 250 10723 -46.0 -48.6 75 2.5 -46.2 228 63 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.19 17 200 12179 -53.3 -67.9 15 14.6 -53.7 244 83 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13998 -60.1 -79.3 6 19.2 -60.3 256 67 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16470 -68.8 -83.7 10 14.9 -68.9 249 36 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.05 m Freezing level: 617.47 mb = 4086.11 m = 13405.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.87 mb = 3945.76 m = 12945.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.25 mb = 675.95 m = 2217.67 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 4.39 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.91 mb = 1084.26 m = 3557.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.49 C = 74.28 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.79 mb = 980.82 m = 3217.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.79 mb = 1417.34 m = 4650.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.79 mb = 9422.90 m = 30914.65 ft B at Equ Level: 155.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.79 mb = 11474.78 m = 37646.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -24.0 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.35 Bulk Shear: 66.19 m/s