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,-94.53 Latitude: 35.46 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 46 SFC 980 218 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 150 7 295.7 298.2 293.3 335.9 13.97 2 950 491 20.9 17.8 83 3.0 18.8 170 22 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.1 13.66 3 900 959 19.7 15.4 76 4.3 16.8 204 37 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.1 12.30 4 850 1450 17.2 13.0 77 4.2 14.5 223 45 304.2 306.2 293.7 337.5 11.17 5 800 1966 13.9 9.5 75 4.4 11.2 242 45 305.9 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.37 6 750 2507 10.5 1.7 55 8.7 5.7 260 46 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.7 5.78 7 700 3077 5.9 -4.0 49 9.9 1.2 265 48 309.1 309.8 289.3 321.8 4.07 8 650 3681 4.2 -11.9 30 16.2 -2.4 249 46 313.8 314.2 289.2 321.4 2.36 9 600 4327 -0.2 -18.8 23 18.6 -6.5 251 44 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.8 1.44 10 550 5017 -4.7 -20.7 27 16.1 -9.8 261 50 318.6 318.8 289.7 323.1 1.33 11 500 5759 -10.1 -20.8 41 10.7 -13.3 263 56 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.8 1.46 12 450 6562 -16.4 -22.6 59 6.2 -18.1 267 64 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.38 13 400 7435 -23.3 -27.6 68 4.3 -24.2 266 65 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.99 14 350 8397 -30.9 -38.5 47 7.6 -31.8 272 69 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.39 15 300 9473 -39.0 -44.8 54 5.8 -39.4 280 84 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 16 250 10693 -49.9 -52.2 77 2.3 -50.0 278 85 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 17 200 12125 -55.6 -64.3 33 8.7 -55.8 290 88 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13933 -61.8 -77.2 11 15.4 -61.9 290 65 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.8 305 48 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.05 m Freezing level: 602.06 mb = 4300.65 m = 14109.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3273.54 m = 10739.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.27 mb = 497.29 m = 1631.51 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1842.10 m = 6043.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 923.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.65 mb = 1126.05 m = 3694.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.65 mb = 2757.06 m = 9045.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 657.65 mb = 3585.99 m = 11764.93 ft B at Equ Level: 37.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.65 mb = 14031.27 m = 46033.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 45.0 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 761.7 neg: -12.0 tot: 749.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 249.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 12.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.52 Bulk Shear: 262.07 m/s