MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.87,-95.32 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 977 213 23.2 17.8 71 5.5 19.5 181 20 298.4 300.8 293.5 336.8 13.22 2 950 458 23.2 16.7 67 6.6 18.8 184 38 300.8 303.1 293.8 337.9 12.65 3 900 928 20.5 15.0 71 5.5 16.8 198 48 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.3 12.02 4 850 1422 18.5 12.2 67 6.3 14.4 218 50 305.6 307.5 293.6 337.3 10.56 5 800 1939 15.1 8.6 65 6.5 11.1 231 50 307.2 308.9 292.7 333.9 8.78 6 750 2482 10.9 4.3 64 6.6 7.1 242 53 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.6 6.94 7 700 3053 6.3 0.2 65 6.0 3.1 247 56 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.7 5.57 8 650 3656 2.2 -7.1 50 9.3 -2.0 248 57 311.4 312.1 289.5 322.4 3.44 9 600 4299 -0.7 -19.5 22 18.9 -7.0 251 60 315.3 315.6 288.7 319.9 1.36 10 550 4989 -4.5 -25.8 17 21.2 -10.5 250 68 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.7 0.85 11 500 5731 -10.0 -27.5 23 17.4 -14.5 249 71 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.6 0.80 12 450 6533 -16.0 -30.0 29 14.0 -19.1 252 78 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.6 0.70 13 400 7408 -23.2 -36.4 29 13.2 -25.2 251 80 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.42 14 350 8368 -31.8 -40.8 40 9.0 -32.8 252 80 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.31 15 300 9436 -41.1 -45.3 63 4.3 -41.3 249 84 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.22 16 250 10650 -50.3 -54.0 65 3.7 -50.4 250 95 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 17 200 12080 -57.3 -63.5 45 6.2 -57.4 244 79 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 13895 -58.9 -78.5 6 19.6 -59.2 272 47 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16418 -62.1 -83.7 4 21.6 -62.3 251 38 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.20 m Freezing level: 611.70 mb = 4148.59 m = 13610.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.57 mb = 3415.03 m = 11204.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.93 mb = 909.77 m = 2984.78 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.66 mb = 2188.47 m = 7179.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.39 mb = 1437.72 m = 4716.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.39 mb = 2896.67 m = 9503.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.39 mb = 11664.79 m = 38269.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1125.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.39 mb = 14175.16 m = 46505.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 56.9 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 42.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 722.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 722.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 240.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.68 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 277.57 m/s