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: 35.33,-94.61 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 980 222 21.2 18.7 86 2.5 19.5 160 8 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.4 14.00 2 950 492 21.0 17.9 82 3.1 18.9 175 23 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.3 13.69 3 900 960 20.2 15.1 72 5.1 16.8 207 38 302.3 304.6 293.8 338.0 12.07 4 850 1452 17.4 12.9 75 4.5 14.4 224 45 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.4 11.07 5 800 1968 13.9 9.4 74 4.5 11.2 242 45 306.0 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.32 6 750 2509 10.4 2.2 57 8.2 5.9 260 45 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.3 6.00 7 700 3079 6.2 -4.0 48 10.2 1.3 263 47 309.3 310.1 289.3 322.0 4.05 8 650 3684 4.2 -11.7 30 15.9 -2.4 251 45 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.5 2.40 9 600 4330 0.0 -18.6 23 18.7 -6.4 253 43 316.1 316.4 289.0 321.1 1.46 10 550 5020 -4.4 -20.5 27 16.1 -9.5 262 50 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.5 1.37 11 500 5763 -9.9 -20.8 40 10.9 -13.2 265 56 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.0 1.46 12 450 6566 -16.4 -23.2 56 6.8 -18.1 268 64 322.7 322.9 290.9 327.2 1.32 13 400 7440 -23.2 -27.5 68 4.3 -24.1 267 65 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.3 1.00 14 350 8402 -30.9 -38.1 49 7.2 -31.8 272 68 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.41 15 300 9478 -39.0 -45.1 52 6.1 -39.4 280 83 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.23 16 250 10698 -49.8 -52.7 72 2.8 -50.0 279 84 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.12 17 200 12132 -55.5 -64.9 30 9.4 -55.7 290 88 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13939 -62.0 -77.1 12 15.1 -62.1 292 65 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16451 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.8 -64.0 306 47 404.4 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.30 m Freezing level: 599.77 mb = 4333.09 m = 14216.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.79 mb = 3282.31 m = 10768.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.82 mb = 539.12 m = 1768.75 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 17.25 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.40 mb = 1878.96 m = 6164.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 29.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 916.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.98 mb = 1183.16 m = 3881.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.98 mb = 2823.81 m = 9264.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 651.98 mb = 3659.14 m = 12004.90 ft B at Equ Level: 35.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.98 mb = 13856.24 m = 45459.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 44.7 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 714.0 neg: -8.6 tot: 705.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.84 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 243.61 m/s