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,-94.61 Latitude: 35.46 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 45 SFC 981 215 21.1 18.8 86 2.3 19.5 154 8 295.9 298.4 293.4 336.3 14.02 2 950 490 20.9 17.9 83 3.0 18.9 171 23 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.3 13.72 3 900 958 19.8 15.3 75 4.5 16.8 205 37 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.2 12.27 4 850 1450 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 224 45 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.6 11.15 5 800 1965 14.0 9.1 72 4.9 11.0 242 45 306.1 307.8 292.7 333.6 9.14 6 750 2507 10.5 1.5 54 9.0 5.6 260 46 308.0 309.0 290.4 325.5 5.70 7 700 3077 5.9 -4.0 49 9.9 1.1 265 48 309.0 309.8 289.3 321.8 4.07 8 650 3681 4.2 -12.0 30 16.1 -2.4 250 46 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.3 2.35 9 600 4327 -0.2 -18.5 24 18.3 -6.5 252 44 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.9 1.48 10 550 5017 -4.7 -20.4 28 15.7 -9.7 261 50 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.2 1.38 11 500 5759 -10.1 -20.5 42 10.5 -13.3 263 57 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.49 12 450 6561 -16.4 -22.6 59 6.2 -18.1 267 65 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.38 13 400 7435 -23.3 -27.7 67 4.4 -24.2 266 66 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.98 14 350 8397 -30.8 -38.4 47 7.6 -31.7 272 70 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.40 15 300 9473 -38.9 -45.1 52 6.2 -39.4 280 85 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.23 16 250 10693 -49.8 -52.4 74 2.6 -50.0 278 85 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.12 17 200 12126 -55.5 -64.5 32 9.0 -55.7 290 88 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13934 -61.8 -77.2 11 15.4 -62.0 291 65 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16449 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 305 48 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.53 m Freezing level: 602.32 mb = 4296.74 m = 14096.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.15 mb = 3263.54 m = 10707.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.61 mb = 511.69 m = 1678.77 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1864.30 m = 6116.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 30.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 946.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.91 mb = 1132.62 m = 3715.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.91 mb = 2765.27 m = 9072.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 646.91 mb = 3719.51 m = 12202.96 ft B at Equ Level: 40.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.91 mb = 14063.50 m = 46139.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 748.6 neg: -10.8 tot: 737.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.0 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: 4.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 260.03 m/s