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,-94.69 Latitude: 35.60 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 978 235 21.1 18.7 87 2.3 19.5 163 9 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.5 14.04 2 950 488 20.8 18.0 84 2.9 18.9 174 23 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.4 13.78 3 900 956 19.7 15.5 77 4.2 16.9 205 37 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.4 12.39 4 850 1447 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 225 46 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.4 11.08 5 800 1963 13.9 8.8 71 5.1 10.7 243 45 306.0 307.6 292.5 332.8 8.90 6 750 2504 10.2 2.2 58 8.0 5.8 259 46 307.6 308.8 290.6 326.0 6.00 7 700 3074 5.7 -2.9 54 8.6 1.5 263 48 308.8 309.6 289.5 322.5 4.40 8 650 3677 3.8 -10.9 33 14.7 -2.4 251 47 313.3 313.7 289.2 321.5 2.55 9 600 4322 -0.4 -16.5 28 16.1 -6.2 253 45 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.5 1.75 10 550 5012 -4.9 -18.6 33 13.7 -9.5 260 51 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.7 1.60 11 500 5754 -10.2 -19.6 46 9.4 -13.1 263 58 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.62 12 450 6556 -16.4 -22.3 61 5.8 -18.0 266 66 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.5 1.42 13 400 7429 -23.3 -28.0 65 4.7 -24.2 266 66 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.95 14 350 8392 -30.7 -37.6 50 7.0 -31.6 272 70 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.0 0.43 15 300 9468 -38.9 -45.4 50 6.5 -39.4 279 86 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.22 16 250 10689 -49.6 -52.6 71 3.0 -49.7 279 84 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 17 200 12123 -55.6 -64.1 34 8.5 -55.8 288 86 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13931 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.2 -62.1 290 65 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16445 -63.6 -83.5 5 19.9 -63.8 303 49 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.96 m Freezing level: 605.04 mb = 4257.33 m = 13967.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.66 mb = 3301.87 m = 10832.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.65 mb = 527.64 m = 1731.08 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.52 mb = 1841.48 m = 6041.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 31.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 978.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.53 mb = 1134.18 m = 3721.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.53 mb = 2653.91 m = 8706.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.53 mb = 11322.62 m = 37147.27 ft B at Equ Level: 976.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.53 mb = 14076.31 m = 46181.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 722.5 neg: -10.6 tot: 711.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 237.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.79 Bulk Shear: 257.86 m/s