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: 35.55,-95.56 Latitude: 35.55 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 35 SFC 981 200 21.8 18.6 82 3.1 19.6 175 19 296.5 299.0 293.4 336.6 13.90 2 950 479 19.9 17.6 87 2.3 18.3 179 35 297.4 299.8 293.4 336.2 13.41 3 900 944 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 191 47 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.6 12.47 4 850 1431 15.3 12.2 81 3.2 13.3 209 49 302.2 304.2 292.6 333.4 10.53 5 800 1944 12.4 8.5 77 3.9 10.0 215 48 304.3 305.9 291.8 330.4 8.71 6 750 2482 8.6 4.8 77 3.8 6.4 218 48 305.9 307.2 291.0 327.7 7.20 7 700 3050 5.2 -1.0 64 6.2 2.0 219 49 308.2 309.1 289.9 323.9 5.07 8 650 3651 1.7 -5.7 58 7.4 -1.7 217 55 310.9 311.6 289.6 323.0 3.84 9 600 4291 -3.0 -9.2 62 6.2 -5.6 214 58 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.8 3.17 10 550 4974 -8.0 -14.3 60 6.4 -10.2 215 58 314.6 315.1 289.4 322.1 2.29 11 500 5707 -13.4 -19.3 61 5.9 -15.2 222 59 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.3 1.66 12 450 6499 -19.3 -26.3 54 7.0 -20.9 229 65 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.4 0.99 13 400 7363 -25.6 -33.2 49 7.6 -26.9 230 77 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.58 14 350 8316 -33.6 -40.9 48 7.3 -34.3 231 76 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.31 15 300 9377 -42.1 -46.3 64 4.2 -42.4 229 81 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.7 0.20 16 250 10588 -49.1 -55.0 50 5.9 -49.3 238 67 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 17 200 12033 -54.5 -65.4 25 11.0 -54.7 246 56 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 13857 -59.8 -78.5 7 18.6 -60.0 254 35 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16361 -62.1 -84.0 4 22.0 -62.3 270 31 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.56 m Freezing level: 632.15 mb = 3879.56 m = 12728.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.17 mb = 3366.80 m = 11045.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.41 mb = 593.54 m = 1947.28 ft T: 19.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1435.28 m = 4708.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.89 mb = 935.13 m = 3067.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.89 mb = 2307.19 m = 7569.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.89 mb = 10964.41 m = 35972.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1343.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.89 mb = 14028.27 m = 46023.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.3 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 243.3 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 436.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 436.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.4 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: 3.54 Bulk Rich Number: 10.85 Bulk Shear: 124.69 m/s