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,-94.77 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 979 229 21.2 18.8 86 2.4 19.6 165 9 296.2 298.8 293.5 336.8 14.09 2 950 487 20.9 18.1 84 2.8 18.9 175 24 298.4 300.9 294.0 338.6 13.85 3 900 955 19.9 15.4 75 4.5 16.9 207 37 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.4 12.33 4 850 1447 17.4 12.9 75 4.6 14.4 226 46 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.4 11.04 5 800 1963 14.0 8.5 69 5.5 10.6 244 45 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.4 8.74 6 750 2504 10.2 2.2 58 8.0 5.8 259 46 307.6 308.7 290.6 326.0 5.99 7 700 3073 5.6 -2.8 55 8.4 1.5 263 47 308.7 309.6 289.5 322.6 4.45 8 650 3677 3.7 -10.9 33 14.6 -2.4 251 47 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.4 2.56 9 600 4322 -0.4 -16.4 29 15.9 -6.2 254 46 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.5 1.78 10 550 5011 -4.9 -18.4 34 13.6 -9.4 260 52 318.3 318.6 289.9 323.8 1.62 11 500 5753 -10.2 -19.4 47 9.3 -13.1 263 58 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.64 12 450 6555 -16.4 -22.4 60 5.9 -18.1 266 67 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.41 13 400 7429 -23.2 -28.2 64 5.0 -24.3 266 67 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.93 14 350 8391 -30.6 -37.7 50 7.2 -31.5 273 71 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.42 15 300 9468 -38.9 -45.9 48 7.0 -39.4 279 87 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.21 16 250 10689 -49.5 -52.9 68 3.3 -49.7 279 84 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12124 -55.4 -64.4 32 9.0 -55.6 288 87 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13932 -62.0 -77.1 12 15.1 -62.1 291 65 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16445 -63.8 -83.5 5 19.7 -64.0 303 49 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.27 m Freezing level: 605.32 mb = 4253.21 m = 13953.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.80 mb = 3299.89 m = 10826.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.52 mb = 537.34 m = 1762.91 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 17.22 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.35 mb = 1853.62 m = 6081.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 32.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.43 mb = 1144.55 m = 3755.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.43 mb = 2666.13 m = 8747.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.43 mb = 11354.46 m = 37251.72 ft B at Equ Level: 996.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.43 mb = 14124.13 m = 46338.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 702.3 neg: -9.0 tot: 693.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 231.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 253.90 m/s