MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-95.56 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 981 204 21.8 18.6 82 3.2 19.6 175 19 296.6 299.1 293.5 336.8 13.92 2 950 481 20.0 17.5 86 2.5 18.4 180 35 297.5 299.9 293.4 336.3 13.40 3 900 946 17.2 15.6 91 1.6 16.2 190 47 299.2 301.5 293.3 335.8 12.52 4 850 1433 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.4 209 49 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.7 10.62 5 800 1946 12.4 8.5 77 3.8 10.0 215 47 304.3 306.0 291.9 330.6 8.77 6 750 2484 8.6 4.7 76 3.9 6.4 218 48 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.7 7.18 7 700 3052 5.3 -1.4 62 6.6 1.9 219 49 308.3 309.2 289.9 323.6 4.95 8 650 3654 1.8 -6.0 56 7.8 -1.8 217 55 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.9 3.76 9 600 4294 -3.0 -9.4 61 6.4 -5.7 215 58 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.13 10 550 4976 -8.0 -14.4 60 6.5 -10.3 217 58 314.6 315.1 289.4 322.1 2.27 11 500 5709 -13.4 -19.3 61 5.9 -15.2 223 59 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.3 1.66 12 450 6502 -19.3 -26.3 53 7.1 -20.8 229 66 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.5 0.99 13 400 7366 -25.6 -33.5 47 7.9 -26.8 230 78 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.56 14 350 8319 -33.6 -41.2 46 7.7 -34.3 232 77 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.30 15 300 9380 -42.3 -46.4 64 4.1 -42.5 230 82 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.20 16 250 10591 -49.3 -55.5 48 6.2 -49.5 237 70 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 17 200 12036 -54.2 -66.4 21 12.2 -54.4 247 57 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 13861 -59.9 -78.5 7 18.6 -60.1 257 35 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16363 -62.0 -84.0 4 22.0 -62.3 271 31 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.72 m Freezing level: 631.35 mb = 3892.34 m = 12769.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.34 mb = 3355.18 m = 11007.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.12 mb = 607.17 m = 1991.99 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 14.72 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1437.19 m = 4715.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1375.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.20 mb = 943.57 m = 3095.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.20 mb = 2316.71 m = 7600.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.20 mb = 10985.71 m = 36041.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1366.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.20 mb = 14061.19 m = 46131.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 435.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 435.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.58 Bulk Rich Number: 11.07 Bulk Shear: 124.33 m/s