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,-94.69 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 981 212 21.3 18.8 86 2.5 19.6 157 8 296.1 298.6 293.5 336.6 14.08 2 950 489 21.0 18.0 83 3.0 18.9 173 23 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.5 13.79 3 900 957 20.0 15.3 74 4.7 16.8 206 37 302.1 304.4 293.9 338.3 12.25 4 850 1449 17.5 13.0 75 4.5 14.6 224 46 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.6 11.12 5 800 1965 14.2 8.8 70 5.4 10.9 243 45 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.1 8.90 6 750 2507 10.5 1.3 53 9.2 5.6 260 46 308.0 309.0 290.3 325.3 5.63 7 700 3077 5.9 -4.0 49 9.9 1.1 264 48 309.0 309.8 289.3 321.7 4.07 8 650 3681 4.1 -12.0 30 16.1 -2.5 251 46 313.6 314.0 289.1 321.2 2.34 9 600 4326 -0.2 -18.2 24 18.0 -6.5 253 44 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.9 1.51 10 550 5016 -4.7 -20.0 29 15.3 -9.6 261 51 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.3 1.42 11 500 5758 -10.1 -20.3 43 10.2 -13.2 264 57 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.9 1.52 12 450 6561 -16.5 -22.6 59 6.1 -18.1 267 66 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.39 13 400 7434 -23.3 -27.8 67 4.5 -24.2 266 66 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.97 14 350 8396 -30.7 -38.4 47 7.6 -31.7 272 70 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.40 15 300 9472 -38.9 -45.4 50 6.5 -39.4 280 85 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.22 16 250 10693 -49.7 -52.6 71 2.9 -49.8 279 84 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.12 17 200 12127 -55.4 -64.7 31 9.3 -55.5 290 88 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13936 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 292 65 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16449 -64.1 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.3 304 48 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 602.60 mb = 4292.75 m = 14083.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.41 mb = 3260.28 m = 10696.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.93 mb = 526.28 m = 1726.61 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1888.64 m = 6196.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 30.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.17 mb = 1139.27 m = 3737.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.17 mb = 2773.56 m = 9099.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.17 mb = 11337.25 m = 37195.25 ft B at Equ Level: 966.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.17 mb = 14096.13 m = 46246.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 736.2 neg: -9.6 tot: 726.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.17 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 258.23 m/s