MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 47.65,-101.20 Latitude: 47.65 Longitude: -101.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 1 950 481 SFC 939 584 26.6 11.4 39 15.3 16.8 160 12 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.4 9.04 3 900 958 25.4 9.9 38 15.5 15.5 167 26 307.7 309.3 292.7 333.6 8.52 4 850 1456 20.9 8.4 45 12.5 13.1 173 27 308.0 309.6 292.5 332.9 8.18 5 800 1978 18.8 2.4 34 16.4 9.5 180 22 311.2 312.2 291.4 328.9 5.69 6 750 2528 14.7 -2.9 30 17.6 5.6 181 19 312.5 313.3 290.4 325.5 4.11 7 700 3105 9.5 -3.6 39 13.1 2.9 188 15 313.0 313.8 290.6 326.3 4.19 8 650 3714 4.2 -5.4 50 9.6 -0.3 194 11 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.3 3.94 9 600 4359 -0.9 -10.1 49 9.3 -4.8 206 12 315.1 315.7 290.2 324.7 2.95 10 550 5047 -5.4 -18.2 36 12.8 -9.7 215 17 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.2 1.66 11 500 5788 -10.3 -26.8 25 16.5 -14.5 227 18 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.5 0.85 12 450 6591 -15.3 -32.6 21 17.2 -18.8 233 17 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.55 13 400 7470 -21.6 -31.4 41 9.8 -23.5 218 21 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.5 0.69 14 350 8438 -29.3 -36.9 48 7.6 -30.4 213 23 329.2 329.3 292.0 330.9 0.46 15 300 9518 -38.2 -40.5 79 2.3 -38.4 209 25 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.37 16 250 10745 -48.2 -51.3 70 3.1 -48.3 218 25 334.4 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.14 17 200 12189 -54.0 -60.9 42 6.9 -54.2 250 25 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14029 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.3 219 37 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16558 -63.5 -83.5 5 20.1 -63.6 224 25 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.12 m Freezing level: 608.63 mb = 4247.65 m = 13935.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.06 mb = 3650.26 m = 11975.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.73 mb = 2519.40 m = 8265.66 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.08 mb = 3599.92 m = 11810.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.86 C = 94.74 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 26.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 307.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.98 mb = 2892.83 m = 9490.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.98 mb = 4862.93 m = 15954.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.98 mb = 9221.58 m = 30254.17 ft B at Equ Level: 50.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.98 mb = 10929.08 m = 35856.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.6 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 225.6 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -19.8 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 13.40 m/s