MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-95.48 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 981 194 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 176 19 299.7 302.3 294.9 342.5 14.65 2 950 476 22.1 18.1 78 4.0 19.4 186 32 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.3 13.91 3 900 944 19.1 16.4 84 2.7 17.2 204 40 301.2 303.6 294.3 339.8 13.15 4 850 1435 16.4 13.5 83 2.9 14.5 223 45 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.6 11.53 5 800 1949 13.0 9.7 80 3.3 11.0 238 47 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.6 9.52 6 750 2489 9.6 4.0 68 5.6 6.4 249 48 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.7 6.80 7 700 3060 8.1 -8.9 29 17.0 0.6 253 50 311.5 312.0 288.9 320.4 2.78 8 650 3668 5.0 -12.8 26 17.7 -2.2 245 46 314.6 315.0 289.3 321.8 2.20 9 600 4315 0.3 -19.4 21 19.6 -6.4 256 44 316.4 316.7 289.0 321.1 1.38 10 550 5006 -4.3 -22.1 23 17.8 -9.8 265 53 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.1 1.18 11 500 5749 -9.4 -23.5 31 14.1 -13.5 262 58 321.5 321.8 290.4 325.5 1.14 12 450 6553 -16.0 -24.2 49 8.2 -18.1 264 58 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.2 1.20 13 400 7428 -23.1 -28.0 65 4.8 -24.1 270 62 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.96 14 350 8390 -31.2 -34.5 72 3.3 -31.6 272 65 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.59 15 300 9461 -40.3 -42.4 80 2.1 -40.5 280 72 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.30 16 250 10676 -50.7 -52.3 83 1.6 -50.7 281 84 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.12 17 200 12099 -57.2 -64.9 37 7.7 -57.3 292 83 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13903 -61.9 -77.3 11 15.4 -62.0 285 66 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16418 -61.4 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.7 311 34 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.47 m Freezing level: 597.16 mb = 4354.08 m = 14284.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.23 mb = 3187.14 m = 10456.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.32 mb = 883.87 m = 2899.79 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 22.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1515.21 m = 4971.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 22.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1391.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.04 mb = 1117.44 m = 3666.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.04 mb = 1980.09 m = 6496.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.04 mb = 2977.15 m = 9767.42 ft B at Equ Level: 22.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.04 mb = 14933.49 m = 48993.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 610.1 neg: -7.7 tot: 602.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 200.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.88 Bulk Rich Number: 6.27 Bulk Shear: 222.14 m/s