MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-94.29 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 982 228 25.4 19.8 71 5.6 21.4 182 7 300.1 302.8 295.2 343.8 14.93 2 950 516 23.8 18.2 71 5.6 19.9 195 19 301.3 303.9 294.9 342.4 13.95 3 900 986 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.8 205 24 301.7 304.2 294.8 341.9 13.65 4 850 1476 15.8 15.3 97 0.5 15.4 218 29 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.0 12.94 5 800 1990 13.3 12.0 92 1.3 12.4 234 32 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.5 11.08 6 750 2532 11.0 4.9 66 6.1 7.4 244 40 308.5 309.8 291.9 330.6 7.23 7 700 3104 6.3 -0.9 60 7.3 2.6 245 41 309.5 310.5 290.4 325.4 5.11 8 650 3706 1.8 -9.7 42 11.5 -3.0 250 39 311.1 311.6 288.8 320.1 2.82 9 600 4346 -2.3 -18.1 28 15.9 -7.6 254 37 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.6 1.53 10 550 5032 -5.9 -17.1 41 11.2 -9.8 258 42 317.0 317.4 289.7 323.1 1.82 11 500 5772 -10.4 -22.5 36 12.1 -13.9 260 42 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.7 1.25 12 450 6573 -16.8 -23.3 57 6.5 -18.5 259 43 322.1 322.4 290.7 326.6 1.31 13 400 7446 -23.6 -26.2 79 2.6 -24.1 264 47 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.3 1.13 14 350 8405 -31.9 -33.2 88 1.3 -32.0 273 52 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.67 15 300 9476 -39.9 -42.8 74 2.9 -40.1 264 44 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.29 16 250 10694 -49.7 -50.9 88 1.2 -49.8 289 60 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.14 17 200 12121 -57.6 -63.4 48 5.7 -57.7 291 62 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13929 -59.3 -78.2 7 18.8 -59.6 293 37 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16428 -64.2 -83.6 5 19.4 -64.4 284 35 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.67 m Freezing level: 627.49 mb = 3994.30 m = 13104.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3379.28 m = 11086.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.49 mb = 942.72 m = 3092.87 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 25.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.64 mb = 1369.61 m = 4493.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.66 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1974.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.24 mb = 1225.31 m = 4020.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.24 mb = 1574.24 m = 5164.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.24 mb = 12435.55 m = 40798.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1938.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.24 mb = 15291.62 m = 50168.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 305.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.27 Bulk Rich Number: 19.13 Bulk Shear: 103.20 m/s