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,-94.61 Latitude: 35.39 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 46 SFC 980 219 21.2 18.7 86 2.4 19.5 157 8 296.0 298.5 293.4 336.3 14.01 2 950 491 21.0 17.9 83 3.1 18.9 173 23 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.3 13.70 3 900 959 20.0 15.2 74 4.8 16.8 206 37 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.1 12.17 4 850 1451 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.5 224 45 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.4 11.10 5 800 1967 14.0 9.3 74 4.7 11.1 242 45 306.0 307.8 292.7 333.9 9.24 6 750 2508 10.4 1.9 55 8.5 5.8 260 46 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.9 5.86 7 700 3078 6.1 -4.0 48 10.1 1.2 264 47 309.2 310.0 289.3 321.9 4.06 8 650 3683 4.2 -11.8 30 16.0 -2.4 250 45 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.4 2.38 9 600 4328 -0.1 -18.6 23 18.5 -6.4 252 43 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.0 1.47 10 550 5019 -4.5 -20.4 28 15.9 -9.6 261 50 318.7 319.0 289.8 323.4 1.37 11 500 5761 -10.0 -20.7 41 10.7 -13.2 264 56 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.9 1.47 12 450 6564 -16.4 -22.9 57 6.5 -18.1 268 65 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.3 1.35 13 400 7437 -23.3 -27.6 68 4.3 -24.2 267 65 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.99 14 350 8399 -30.8 -38.2 48 7.4 -31.7 272 69 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.40 15 300 9475 -38.9 -45.1 52 6.1 -39.4 280 84 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.23 16 250 10696 -49.8 -52.6 73 2.7 -50.0 278 84 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.12 17 200 12129 -55.5 -64.7 31 9.2 -55.7 290 88 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13937 -61.9 -77.1 11 15.2 -62.1 292 65 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16450 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.0 306 48 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.02 m Freezing level: 600.97 mb = 4315.87 m = 14159.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3274.70 m = 10743.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.11 mb = 526.43 m = 1727.12 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 17.34 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1871.72 m = 6140.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.27 mb = 1159.67 m = 3804.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.27 mb = 2796.60 m = 9175.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.27 mb = 3629.24 m = 11906.82 ft B at Equ Level: 38.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.27 mb = 14178.21 m = 46515.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 729.9 neg: -9.6 tot: 720.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 240.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.98 Bulk Rich Number: 3.71 Bulk Shear: 251.07 m/s