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: 35.80,-95.40 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 200 24.0 19.3 75 4.7 20.7 174 19 298.8 301.5 294.6 341.1 14.51 2 950 475 21.2 18.1 82 3.1 19.1 183 33 298.7 301.3 294.1 339.2 13.91 3 900 942 18.6 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 203 41 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.4 13.20 4 850 1432 16.7 12.9 78 3.9 14.2 225 46 303.7 305.7 293.4 336.5 11.05 5 800 1947 13.4 8.6 73 4.7 10.4 238 48 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.9 8.82 6 750 2487 9.7 2.9 62 6.8 5.9 248 49 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.3 6.28 7 700 3058 7.8 -8.4 31 16.2 0.5 252 50 311.1 311.6 288.8 320.3 2.90 8 650 3665 4.8 -12.8 27 17.6 -2.3 244 46 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.6 2.20 9 600 4312 0.2 -18.7 23 18.9 -6.3 254 45 316.3 316.6 289.1 321.2 1.45 10 550 5002 -4.5 -21.9 24 17.4 -9.8 263 52 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.9 1.21 11 500 5745 -9.7 -23.3 32 13.6 -13.6 261 58 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.2 1.17 12 450 6548 -16.2 -24.3 50 8.0 -18.3 263 59 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.0 1.19 13 400 7422 -23.3 -28.1 65 4.7 -24.3 269 62 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.95 14 350 8384 -31.3 -34.5 74 3.2 -31.7 272 66 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.59 15 300 9454 -40.3 -42.3 81 2.1 -40.5 279 73 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 16 250 10670 -50.8 -52.2 85 1.4 -50.8 280 84 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.12 17 200 12092 -57.3 -64.7 38 7.5 -57.4 291 84 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13898 -61.2 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.4 285 66 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16415 -61.6 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.9 309 37 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.38 m Freezing level: 598.11 mb = 4337.75 m = 14231.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.47 mb = 3170.06 m = 10400.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.27 mb = 796.67 m = 2613.70 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 19.10 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1581.95 m = 5190.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 23.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1285.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.79 mb = 1039.87 m = 3411.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.79 mb = 2323.62 m = 7623.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.79 mb = 2884.75 m = 9464.30 ft B at Equ Level: 15.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.79 mb = 14561.74 m = 47774.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 640.0 neg: -8.6 tot: 631.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 210.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.81 Bulk Rich Number: 5.47 Bulk Shear: 235.14 m/s