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: 35.60,-94.61 Latitude: 35.60 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 978 240 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 160 9 295.9 298.4 293.3 336.1 13.98 2 950 489 20.8 17.9 84 2.9 18.8 172 23 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.1 13.72 3 900 956 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.8 203 37 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.3 12.45 4 850 1448 17.2 13.0 76 4.3 14.4 225 46 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.13 5 800 1963 13.8 9.0 73 4.8 10.9 243 45 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.2 9.07 6 750 2504 10.2 2.3 58 7.9 5.8 259 46 307.6 308.8 290.6 326.1 6.01 7 700 3074 5.8 -3.1 53 8.8 1.4 263 48 308.9 309.7 289.5 322.4 4.36 8 650 3678 3.9 -11.0 33 14.9 -2.3 250 47 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.6 2.54 9 600 4323 -0.4 -16.7 28 16.2 -6.2 252 45 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.4 1.73 10 550 5012 -4.9 -18.8 33 13.9 -9.5 260 51 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.6 1.58 11 500 5754 -10.2 -19.7 46 9.5 -13.2 262 57 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.61 12 450 6556 -16.5 -22.2 61 5.8 -18.0 266 65 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.5 1.43 13 400 7430 -23.3 -27.8 67 4.5 -24.2 266 66 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.98 14 350 8392 -30.7 -37.5 51 6.8 -31.6 272 70 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.43 15 300 9468 -38.9 -45.0 53 6.1 -39.4 279 85 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.23 16 250 10689 -49.7 -52.4 73 2.7 -49.8 278 85 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.12 17 200 12122 -55.8 -63.8 36 8.0 -55.9 288 86 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 13930 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 290 65 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16445 -63.5 -83.5 5 20.1 -63.6 304 48 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.65 m Freezing level: 604.77 mb = 4261.31 m = 13980.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.99 mb = 3298.17 m = 10820.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.76 mb = 518.06 m = 1699.66 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.89 mb = 1827.32 m = 5995.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.63 mb = 1123.80 m = 3686.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.63 mb = 2641.68 m = 8666.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.63 mb = 11579.47 m = 37989.93 ft B at Equ Level: 938.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.63 mb = 14028.69 m = 46025.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 743.5 neg: -12.4 tot: 731.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 243.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 12.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 262.03 m/s