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,-95.71 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 979 203 27.5 17.5 54 10.0 20.6 188 18 302.5 304.8 294.5 340.8 12.95 2 950 467 24.7 16.2 59 8.4 18.9 196 30 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.7 12.32 3 900 938 21.2 14.0 63 7.2 16.5 210 37 303.4 305.5 293.5 336.8 11.25 4 850 1431 18.3 9.8 57 8.5 13.0 227 42 305.4 307.0 292.3 332.4 8.98 5 800 1947 14.2 6.0 58 8.2 9.4 237 44 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.7 7.36 6 750 2488 9.8 1.8 57 8.0 5.5 246 46 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.0 5.81 7 700 3058 6.6 -6.0 40 12.7 0.8 249 48 309.8 310.5 289.0 320.8 3.48 8 650 3662 3.6 -10.7 34 14.3 -2.4 244 47 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.60 9 600 4307 -0.3 -19.0 23 18.8 -6.6 256 46 315.8 316.1 288.9 320.6 1.42 10 550 4997 -4.7 -21.7 25 17.0 -9.9 264 54 318.6 318.8 289.6 322.8 1.23 11 500 5740 -9.8 -23.0 33 13.2 -13.6 262 60 321.0 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.20 12 450 6542 -16.4 -23.9 53 7.4 -18.4 263 61 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.24 13 400 7416 -23.4 -27.9 66 4.5 -24.4 269 65 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.9 0.96 14 350 8377 -31.3 -34.8 71 3.5 -31.8 271 69 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.57 15 300 9447 -40.2 -42.8 76 2.7 -40.4 280 78 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.29 16 250 10663 -50.7 -52.8 78 2.1 -50.7 280 87 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 17 200 12090 -56.1 -65.3 30 9.3 -56.2 291 83 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13902 -61.2 -77.6 10 16.4 -61.4 285 65 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16415 -62.1 -83.6 4 21.5 -62.4 309 43 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.84 m Freezing level: 603.36 mb = 4264.01 m = 13989.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.65 mb = 3202.81 m = 10507.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.37 mb = 1467.75 m = 4815.39 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.97 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.86 mb = 2150.30 m = 7054.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 25.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1044.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.70 mb = 1698.80 m = 5573.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.70 mb = 2613.37 m = 8573.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.70 mb = 11518.12 m = 37788.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.70 mb = 13955.44 m = 45785.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 46.7 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 447.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.70 Bulk Rich Number: 6.10 Bulk Shear: 171.11 m/s