MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.00,-94.73 Latitude: 35.00 Longitude: -94.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 980 238 23.7 19.9 80 3.8 21.1 239 11 298.5 301.3 294.9 342.4 15.10 2 950 511 21.0 17.5 80 3.5 18.7 237 24 298.5 300.9 293.7 337.4 13.38 3 900 977 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 235 28 299.3 301.5 293.2 335.7 12.49 4 850 1464 14.7 13.9 95 0.7 14.2 227 33 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.87 5 800 1975 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 222 37 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.5 10.67 6 750 2514 8.4 7.4 94 1.0 7.8 213 37 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.9 8.67 7 700 3082 5.8 1.5 74 4.3 3.5 203 37 308.9 310.1 291.0 327.7 6.11 8 650 3685 2.1 -1.4 78 3.4 0.3 201 40 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.9 5.33 9 600 4328 -1.8 -4.2 84 2.4 -3.0 203 44 314.0 314.9 291.4 328.9 4.67 10 550 5015 -6.3 -8.2 87 1.9 -7.1 209 49 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.7 3.75 11 500 5754 -10.5 -13.4 79 2.9 -11.6 219 56 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.2 2.72 12 450 6558 -15.4 -16.5 91 1.1 -15.7 229 64 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.8 2.34 13 400 7437 -21.0 -21.7 94 0.7 -21.2 236 65 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.6 1.69 14 350 8411 -27.5 -28.9 88 1.4 -27.8 234 66 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.2 1.00 15 300 9502 -35.2 -41.6 52 6.4 -35.9 240 70 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.33 16 250 10745 -44.7 -50.4 53 5.6 -45.1 248 56 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.1 0.15 17 200 12204 -54.2 -66.4 21 12.2 -54.5 253 76 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14013 -61.1 -78.5 8 17.4 -61.3 264 73 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16483 -69.8 -83.7 12 13.8 -69.9 245 35 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.69 m Freezing level: 623.33 mb = 4027.92 m = 13214.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.23 mb = 3744.41 m = 12284.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.12 mb = 711.42 m = 2334.02 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.80 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.76 mb = 1199.53 m = 3935.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.37 mb = 1030.05 m = 3379.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.37 mb = 1671.14 m = 5482.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.37 mb = 9284.11 m = 30459.31 ft B at Equ Level: 479.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.37 mb = 12547.49 m = 41165.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: -36.0 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 68.08 m/s