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: 35.39,-94.29 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 981 218 21.1 18.7 86 2.4 19.4 158 7 295.8 298.3 293.3 335.9 13.93 2 950 497 20.8 17.8 83 2.9 18.8 177 22 298.3 300.7 293.8 337.9 13.65 3 900 964 19.2 15.6 80 3.6 16.8 206 36 301.3 303.5 293.8 337.9 12.47 4 850 1455 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.3 225 45 304.0 306.0 293.5 336.9 11.04 5 800 1970 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.2 242 43 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.2 9.49 6 750 2511 10.4 2.0 56 8.3 5.8 257 43 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.92 7 700 3081 6.2 -4.0 48 10.1 1.3 261 44 309.3 310.1 289.4 322.1 4.07 8 650 3686 3.7 -11.2 33 14.9 -2.4 249 44 313.2 313.6 289.2 321.3 2.50 9 600 4330 -0.4 -16.6 28 16.2 -6.2 250 43 315.7 316.0 289.2 321.5 1.74 10 550 5020 -4.9 -20.9 27 16.0 -9.9 260 48 318.3 318.5 289.6 322.7 1.31 11 500 5762 -10.1 -21.2 39 11.2 -13.4 263 56 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.6 1.40 12 450 6564 -16.5 -22.5 60 6.0 -18.1 267 62 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.3 1.39 13 400 7437 -23.4 -26.7 74 3.3 -24.2 267 65 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.3 1.07 14 350 8399 -31.1 -37.5 54 6.4 -31.9 271 68 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.4 0.43 15 300 9473 -39.0 -45.2 52 6.2 -39.5 279 82 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.23 16 250 10693 -50.1 -51.8 83 1.6 -50.2 278 86 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 17 200 12124 -55.6 -64.6 32 8.9 -55.8 289 87 344.6 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13934 -61.3 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.4 290 64 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.3 -83.5 6 19.2 -64.5 308 48 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.79 m Freezing level: 604.43 mb = 4273.23 m = 14019.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.07 mb = 3280.97 m = 10764.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.50 mb = 519.44 m = 1704.17 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1781.39 m = 5844.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 29.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 940.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.78 mb = 1081.34 m = 3547.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.78 mb = 2816.67 m = 9240.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.78 mb = 11432.34 m = 37507.24 ft B at Equ Level: 931.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.78 mb = 13818.39 m = 45335.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 646.0 neg: -5.9 tot: 640.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 213.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.61 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 218.94 m/s