MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 47.59,-86.98 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -86.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 990 179 13.1 7.4 69 5.6 10.0 175 31 287.0 288.2 283.5 305.4 6.54 2 950 528 11.4 4.9 64 6.5 8.0 178 47 288.8 289.8 283.4 305.0 5.71 3 900 980 12.5 5.7 63 6.8 8.8 205 49 294.4 295.6 286.4 313.0 6.40 4 850 1463 14.7 6.1 56 8.6 9.7 234 54 301.5 302.8 289.4 322.2 6.95 5 800 1974 13.6 1.3 43 12.3 7.0 244 51 305.6 306.6 289.3 321.7 5.26 6 750 2515 10.7 -1.2 44 11.9 4.6 245 47 308.2 309.0 289.6 322.7 4.67 7 700 3086 7.0 -4.0 45 11.0 1.7 248 49 310.2 311.0 289.6 323.0 4.06 8 650 3690 2.6 -5.8 54 8.4 -1.3 253 54 311.9 312.6 289.9 323.9 3.81 9 600 4332 -2.8 -6.4 76 3.6 -4.4 253 52 312.9 313.6 290.4 325.4 3.95 10 550 5015 -8.5 -9.5 92 1.1 -8.9 254 46 314.0 314.7 290.2 324.8 3.37 11 500 5746 -14.4 -14.4 100 0.0 -14.4 262 47 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.7 2.51 12 450 6537 -19.5 -19.6 99 0.1 -19.5 266 41 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.8 1.80 13 400 7401 -25.7 -26.4 94 0.7 -25.8 266 43 321.6 321.8 290.4 325.5 1.11 14 350 8354 -32.7 -37.1 65 4.4 -33.3 266 47 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.3 0.45 15 300 9423 -40.3 -45.1 60 4.8 -40.6 269 54 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.23 16 250 10637 -50.8 -50.8 100 0.0 -50.8 269 55 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 17 200 12053 -61.5 -61.7 97 0.3 -61.5 265 65 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 18 150 13808 -64.4 -74.5 24 10.1 -64.5 275 64 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16317 -59.7 -84.3 3 24.6 -60.0 275 43 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.67 m Freezing level: 626.18 mb = 3995.92 m = 13109.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.22 mb = 3416.34 m = 11208.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.60 mb = 891.20 m = 2923.86 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.51 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.39 mb = 3999.60 m = 13121.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.02 F Cap Strength: 12.36 C Lifted Index: 9.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.08 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 24.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11971.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.60 mb = 1446.69 m = 4746.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 752.2 neg: -11.9 tot: 740.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 302.84 m/s