MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.81,-94.42 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 971 316 16.2 14.5 89 1.8 15.1 264 8 291.8 293.7 289.5 322.3 10.72 2 950 502 17.3 12.4 73 4.9 14.3 266 20 294.7 296.5 289.5 322.3 9.57 3 900 963 15.0 10.3 74 4.7 12.1 276 31 297.0 298.6 289.5 322.5 8.79 4 850 1445 11.9 8.5 80 3.4 9.9 279 36 298.6 300.1 289.6 322.8 8.24 5 800 1950 8.5 6.3 86 2.1 7.2 282 40 300.2 301.6 289.5 322.4 7.52 6 750 2481 5.1 2.7 84 2.4 3.8 284 43 302.1 303.2 288.9 320.7 6.20 7 700 3041 1.9 -2.2 74 4.2 -0.1 277 44 304.6 305.5 288.3 318.8 4.64 8 650 3636 -1.1 -6.4 67 5.3 -3.4 273 45 307.7 308.4 288.5 319.1 3.64 9 600 4271 -4.5 -11.6 58 7.1 -7.2 267 46 310.9 311.4 288.5 319.3 2.63 10 550 4951 -8.2 -19.4 40 11.2 -11.6 261 51 314.4 314.7 288.5 319.4 1.49 11 500 5686 -11.1 -28.5 22 17.3 -15.3 254 53 319.4 319.6 289.3 322.0 0.73 12 450 6486 -17.1 -40.1 12 22.9 -20.7 248 59 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.26 13 400 7360 -21.3 -52.7 4 31.4 -24.6 231 70 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.07 14 350 8336 -25.9 -57.0 4 31.2 -28.5 234 68 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 15 300 9436 -32.1 -62.1 3 30.0 -33.9 236 47 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 16 250 10701 -41.1 -65.9 5 24.8 -42.0 217 50 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 17 200 12179 -50.5 -70.6 8 20.0 -51.0 248 64 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14013 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 241 52 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16461 -66.7 -83.7 7 16.9 -66.8 262 45 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.46 m Freezing level: 667.97 mb = 3422.41 m = 11228.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.88 mb = 3031.10 m = 9944.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.65 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.90 mb = 539.17 m = 1768.91 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.33 mb = 1791.84 m = 5878.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.03 C = 75.25 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 27.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8485.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.24 mb = 1324.41 m = 4345.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: -17.7 tot: 118.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 69.92 m/s