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: 35.87,-95.32 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 979 212 23.3 19.1 77 4.2 20.4 173 19 298.3 300.9 294.3 339.9 14.35 2 950 475 20.7 18.0 85 2.7 18.9 181 33 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.3 13.82 3 900 942 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 202 42 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.0 13.19 4 850 1432 16.7 12.7 77 4.1 14.1 226 47 303.7 305.7 293.3 336.2 10.90 5 800 1946 13.4 8.3 71 5.1 10.3 238 48 305.4 307.0 292.1 331.4 8.63 6 750 2487 9.8 2.5 60 7.3 5.8 248 48 307.2 308.3 290.5 325.9 6.10 7 700 3057 7.7 -8.5 31 16.2 0.5 251 49 311.0 311.5 288.8 320.2 2.87 8 650 3664 4.6 -12.6 27 17.3 -2.4 243 46 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.5 2.22 9 600 4311 0.1 -18.0 24 18.1 -6.2 251 44 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.4 1.54 10 550 5001 -4.7 -21.7 25 17.0 -10.0 262 51 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.7 1.22 11 500 5743 -10.0 -23.2 33 13.2 -13.7 262 58 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.0 1.18 12 450 6545 -16.4 -24.2 51 7.8 -18.4 263 60 322.7 322.9 290.8 326.9 1.20 13 400 7419 -23.5 -27.9 67 4.5 -24.4 269 63 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.9 0.96 14 350 8380 -31.4 -34.2 76 2.8 -31.8 272 67 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.60 15 300 9450 -40.3 -42.1 83 1.8 -40.5 278 73 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.31 16 250 10665 -50.9 -52.0 88 1.1 -50.9 280 85 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 17 200 12088 -57.2 -64.8 37 7.6 -57.3 291 85 342.1 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13896 -60.6 -77.5 9 16.9 -60.8 285 65 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16414 -62.0 -83.7 4 21.7 -62.3 307 39 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.85 m Freezing level: 599.37 mb = 4319.26 m = 14170.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.49 mb = 3157.44 m = 10358.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.48 mb = 747.52 m = 2452.47 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 18.87 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1609.27 m = 5279.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 23.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1200.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.53 mb = 1003.56 m = 3292.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.53 mb = 2392.05 m = 7847.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.53 mb = 2841.22 m = 9321.47 ft B at Equ Level: 12.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.53 mb = 14390.05 m = 47210.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 644.5 neg: -9.7 tot: 634.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 211.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.58 Bulk Rich Number: 5.14 Bulk Shear: 233.27 m/s