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: 35.58,-94.84 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 980 221 21.5 18.9 85 2.6 19.7 166 9 296.4 298.9 293.6 337.2 14.15 2 950 487 21.0 18.1 84 2.8 19.0 176 24 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.9 13.91 3 900 955 20.1 15.3 74 4.7 16.9 208 37 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.4 12.27 4 850 1447 17.5 12.8 74 4.7 14.5 226 46 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.4 11.02 5 800 1963 14.1 8.2 67 6.0 10.5 245 45 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.1 8.55 6 750 2505 10.2 1.9 56 8.3 5.7 259 46 307.7 308.8 290.5 325.7 5.88 7 700 3074 5.6 -2.9 54 8.5 1.4 263 47 308.7 309.5 289.5 322.4 4.41 8 650 3677 3.7 -11.1 33 14.8 -2.4 252 46 313.1 313.6 289.1 321.3 2.52 9 600 4322 -0.4 -16.5 29 16.1 -6.2 255 46 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.5 1.75 10 550 5012 -4.8 -18.5 33 13.6 -9.4 260 52 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.8 1.62 11 500 5753 -10.2 -19.4 47 9.2 -13.1 263 59 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.64 12 450 6556 -16.4 -22.4 60 6.0 -18.1 266 68 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.41 13 400 7429 -23.2 -28.4 63 5.1 -24.3 266 67 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.92 14 350 8392 -30.5 -37.9 48 7.4 -31.5 273 72 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.42 15 300 9468 -38.9 -46.3 45 7.4 -39.4 279 87 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.20 16 250 10690 -49.5 -53.0 66 3.6 -49.6 279 83 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12126 -55.2 -64.7 30 9.5 -55.4 288 87 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13934 -62.1 -77.1 12 15.0 -62.2 292 65 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16445 -64.0 -83.5 5 19.4 -64.2 302 50 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.23 m Freezing level: 605.20 mb = 4254.89 m = 13959.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.56 mb = 3291.11 m = 10797.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.47 mb = 546.55 m = 1793.13 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.63 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.11 mb = 1877.30 m = 6159.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1019.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.85 mb = 1150.00 m = 3772.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.85 mb = 2672.92 m = 8769.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.85 mb = 11372.12 m = 37309.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1013.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.85 mb = 14150.49 m = 46424.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 692.2 neg: -7.7 tot: 684.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 252.27 m/s