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: 35.66,-94.69 Latitude: 35.66 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 977 249 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 166 9 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.4 14.01 2 950 487 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 175 23 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.3 13.78 3 900 955 19.6 15.6 77 4.0 16.9 205 37 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.4 12.44 4 850 1447 17.3 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 226 46 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.2 11.05 5 800 1962 13.8 8.8 72 4.9 10.7 244 45 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.7 8.94 6 750 2503 10.0 2.8 61 7.2 6.0 258 46 307.4 308.6 290.7 326.6 6.26 7 700 3072 5.6 -2.4 56 8.0 1.7 262 48 308.7 309.6 289.7 323.0 4.60 8 650 3676 3.6 -10.3 35 13.9 -2.3 251 47 313.1 313.6 289.3 321.7 2.68 9 600 4320 -0.5 -15.6 31 15.1 -6.1 254 46 315.5 315.9 289.3 321.8 1.89 10 550 5010 -4.9 -17.8 36 12.9 -9.4 260 52 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.0 1.71 11 500 5752 -10.2 -19.2 48 9.0 -13.0 262 58 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.3 1.68 12 450 6554 -16.4 -22.2 61 5.8 -18.0 265 66 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.5 1.43 13 400 7427 -23.3 -28.1 65 4.8 -24.2 266 66 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.95 14 350 8390 -30.6 -37.2 53 6.5 -31.5 273 70 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.45 15 300 9466 -38.9 -45.4 50 6.5 -39.4 279 86 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.22 16 250 10687 -49.6 -52.7 70 3.1 -49.7 279 84 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.12 17 200 12121 -55.7 -63.9 35 8.2 -55.9 287 85 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 13929 -62.0 -77.1 12 15.1 -62.1 290 65 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16443 -63.3 -83.5 5 20.2 -63.5 303 49 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.07 m Freezing level: 606.13 mb = 4241.40 m = 13915.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.85 mb = 3322.09 m = 10899.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.03 mb = 532.89 m = 1748.31 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1818.23 m = 5965.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 976.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.84 mb = 1140.35 m = 3741.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.84 mb = 2660.45 m = 8728.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.84 mb = 11340.46 m = 37205.80 ft B at Equ Level: 973.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.84 mb = 14103.54 m = 46270.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 709.2 neg: -10.5 tot: 698.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 232.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.83 Bulk Shear: 254.91 m/s