MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-94.53 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 980 227 21.2 18.6 86 2.5 19.5 161 7 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.2 13.94 2 950 494 21.0 17.8 82 3.3 18.8 176 22 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.1 13.61 3 900 962 20.3 15.0 72 5.3 16.7 207 38 302.4 304.6 293.8 337.9 12.00 4 850 1454 17.2 12.9 76 4.3 14.4 223 44 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.1 11.05 5 800 1969 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.4 241 45 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.8 9.67 6 750 2511 10.3 2.9 60 7.4 6.2 259 45 307.7 308.9 290.9 327.0 6.29 7 700 3081 6.3 -4.1 47 10.5 1.3 262 46 309.5 310.3 289.4 322.1 4.02 8 650 3686 4.2 -11.4 31 15.6 -2.3 251 45 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.6 2.45 9 600 4332 0.2 -18.9 22 19.1 -6.4 253 43 316.3 316.6 289.1 321.2 1.43 10 550 5023 -4.2 -20.7 26 16.6 -9.5 262 50 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.7 1.33 11 500 5766 -9.7 -21.2 39 11.4 -13.2 266 56 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.0 1.41 12 450 6569 -16.3 -23.4 54 7.1 -18.1 269 63 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.2 1.29 13 400 7443 -23.2 -27.4 68 4.2 -24.1 268 64 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.4 1.01 14 350 8405 -30.9 -37.8 51 6.9 -31.8 272 67 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.6 0.42 15 300 9481 -39.0 -44.9 54 5.9 -39.5 280 80 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.23 16 250 10701 -49.9 -52.6 73 2.7 -50.0 279 84 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.12 17 200 12134 -55.6 -65.0 30 9.4 -55.8 290 88 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13940 -62.1 -77.0 12 14.9 -62.3 292 66 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16452 -63.4 -83.6 5 20.2 -63.6 309 46 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.18 m Freezing level: 597.84 mb = 4361.68 m = 14309.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.99 mb = 3293.56 m = 10805.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.35 mb = 545.40 m = 1789.34 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.74 mb = 1856.06 m = 6089.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.82 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.22 mb = 1202.49 m = 3945.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.22 mb = 2845.47 m = 9335.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 660.22 mb = 3558.39 m = 11674.35 ft B at Equ Level: 31.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.22 mb = 13930.53 m = 45703.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 699.1 neg: -7.4 tot: 691.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.61 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 234.17 m/s