MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-94.61 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 982 220 15.4 13.5 88 2.0 14.2 123 9 290.1 291.9 288.1 318.1 9.93 2 950 499 15.4 12.2 81 3.2 13.4 133 26 292.8 294.5 288.6 319.7 9.44 3 900 957 14.0 10.1 77 3.9 11.7 167 33 296.0 297.5 289.0 321.0 8.66 4 850 1439 12.5 4.1 56 8.4 7.9 197 32 299.3 300.4 287.8 317.2 6.04 5 800 1944 8.3 -0.1 55 8.4 4.1 205 32 300.0 300.8 286.8 314.2 4.74 6 750 2473 4.0 -4.7 53 8.7 0.1 212 34 300.9 301.6 286.0 311.9 3.59 7 700 3030 -0.4 -8.5 54 8.1 -3.7 215 36 302.0 302.6 285.7 310.9 2.87 8 650 3617 -4.6 -12.5 54 7.8 -7.4 209 39 303.7 304.1 285.6 310.8 2.26 9 600 4242 -8.6 -20.5 38 11.8 -11.9 207 45 306.1 306.4 285.4 310.2 1.25 10 550 4910 -13.6 -25.4 36 11.8 -16.3 210 48 308.0 308.1 285.7 310.9 0.88 11 500 5628 -18.4 -30.2 35 11.8 -20.6 210 48 310.6 310.7 286.3 312.7 0.62 12 450 6405 -23.5 -35.8 32 12.2 -25.3 206 50 313.7 313.8 287.1 315.1 0.40 13 400 7256 -29.1 -37.9 42 8.8 -30.2 201 59 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.5 0.36 14 350 8199 -34.8 -45.4 33 10.7 -35.7 197 72 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.6 0.19 15 300 9262 -40.3 -63.3 7 23.0 -41.2 204 76 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.03 16 250 10491 -44.6 -67.2 6 22.6 -45.3 218 65 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.02 17 200 11975 -47.7 -74.9 3 27.3 -48.3 223 60 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 18 150 13858 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 250 51 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 19 100 16429 -61.2 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.4 247 22 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.65 m Freezing level: 704.50 mb = 2979.49 m = 9775.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.96 mb = 2484.41 m = 8150.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.03 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.20 mb = 470.77 m = 1544.50 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.82 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1829.22 m = 6001.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.15 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 26.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.64 mb = 1111.93 m = 3648.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.64 mb = 2706.13 m = 8878.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.64 mb = 7280.40 m = 23885.52 ft B at Equ Level: 263.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.64 mb = 9292.48 m = 30486.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.5 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 233.5 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 409.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 1.52 Bulk Shear: 174.81 m/s