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: 35.46,-94.45 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 981 218 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 150 7 295.7 298.2 293.3 335.8 13.95 2 950 492 20.8 17.8 83 3.0 18.8 170 22 298.3 300.8 293.8 338.0 13.64 3 900 960 19.5 15.5 77 4.1 16.8 204 37 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.0 12.36 4 850 1451 17.1 13.0 77 4.1 14.4 223 45 304.1 306.1 293.6 337.3 11.15 5 800 1967 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.2 242 44 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.3 9.45 6 750 2508 10.4 1.8 55 8.6 5.8 260 45 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.8 5.84 7 700 3078 6.0 -3.9 49 9.8 1.2 264 48 309.1 309.8 289.3 321.9 4.10 8 650 3682 4.1 -11.7 30 15.9 -2.4 249 45 313.6 314.1 289.2 321.4 2.40 9 600 4328 -0.2 -18.3 24 18.1 -6.5 250 44 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.9 1.51 10 550 5017 -4.8 -20.9 27 16.1 -9.8 260 49 318.4 318.7 289.6 322.9 1.32 11 500 5760 -10.1 -21.0 41 10.9 -13.4 263 56 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.7 1.44 12 450 6562 -16.5 -22.6 59 6.1 -18.1 267 63 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.3 1.39 13 400 7435 -23.4 -27.4 69 4.0 -24.2 266 65 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.01 14 350 8397 -31.0 -38.3 48 7.4 -31.9 272 69 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.40 15 300 9472 -39.0 -44.8 54 5.8 -39.4 280 84 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.24 16 250 10693 -50.0 -52.0 79 2.0 -50.1 278 86 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.12 17 200 12124 -55.7 -64.3 33 8.6 -55.8 290 88 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13933 -61.6 -77.3 11 15.7 -61.8 290 65 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.8 -64.0 306 48 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.78 m Freezing level: 602.80 mb = 4291.49 m = 14079.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3274.29 m = 10742.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.85 mb = 493.47 m = 1618.99 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 17.15 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1818.47 m = 5966.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 30.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 925.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.71 mb = 1107.15 m = 3632.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.71 mb = 2848.45 m = 9345.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 649.71 mb = 3685.77 m = 12092.29 ft B at Equ Level: 36.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.71 mb = 13944.72 m = 45749.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 740.5 neg: -11.0 tot: 729.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 243.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 254.29 m/s