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: 35.48,-94.6 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 981 215 24.8 16.8 61 8.0 19.4 169 12 299.6 301.9 293.3 335.8 12.37 2 950 498 23.1 15.0 61 8.0 17.7 172 29 300.6 302.7 292.8 334.1 11.38 3 900 966 18.7 13.8 73 5.0 15.5 177 37 300.8 302.9 292.6 333.4 11.08 4 850 1454 14.4 12.6 89 1.8 13.2 183 42 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.1 10.82 5 800 1964 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.1 196 49 303.1 305.0 292.8 334.0 10.41 6 750 2501 8.1 6.8 91 1.3 7.3 208 51 305.4 306.9 291.8 330.3 8.28 7 700 3069 5.6 3.2 84 2.5 4.2 214 48 308.7 310.0 291.7 329.9 6.89 8 650 3673 2.1 -1.6 77 3.6 0.2 216 50 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.7 5.24 9 600 4314 -2.7 -7.5 69 4.8 -4.8 218 53 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.6 3.64 10 550 4997 -8.2 -11.7 76 3.5 -9.5 219 53 314.4 314.9 289.9 323.6 2.85 11 500 5729 -13.4 -15.5 85 2.0 -14.1 225 56 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.2 2.29 12 450 6523 -18.6 -21.0 81 2.4 -19.3 229 64 319.8 320.2 290.3 325.3 1.59 13 400 7391 -24.7 -27.3 79 2.6 -25.3 231 74 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.4 1.02 14 350 8348 -32.1 -36.3 67 4.1 -32.7 226 76 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.49 15 300 9413 -41.7 -42.7 90 0.9 -41.8 230 78 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.30 16 250 10622 -50.4 -51.4 89 1.0 -50.4 234 76 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 17 200 12054 -56.8 -62.2 51 5.4 -56.9 228 63 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 13865 -61.2 -82.0 5 20.8 -61.3 253 35 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16368 -62.8 -84.0 4 21.2 -63.0 258 28 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.58 m Freezing level: 628.25 mb = 3951.32 m = 12963.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.04 mb = 3696.74 m = 12128.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.68 mb = 1229.24 m = 4032.88 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1689.17 m = 5541.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.70 mb = 1506.59 m = 4942.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.70 mb = 2071.88 m = 6797.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.70 mb = 11165.80 m = 36632.75 ft B at Equ Level: 916.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.70 mb = 13470.25 m = 44193.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 494.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 494.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.60 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 134.63 m/s