MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 46.67,-98.08 Latitude: 46.67 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 958 423 23.2 10.4 44 12.7 15.3 181 17 300.0 301.6 290.2 324.6 8.32 2 950 492 23.5 10.2 43 13.3 15.3 183 25 301.0 302.5 290.4 325.4 8.24 3 900 961 20.9 9.2 47 11.7 13.7 195 42 303.0 304.5 290.9 327.3 8.14 4 850 1457 21.8 7.4 39 14.4 13.0 220 44 308.9 310.4 292.3 332.2 7.59 5 800 1980 19.2 5.4 40 13.8 11.0 227 37 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.5 7.05 6 750 2531 14.8 1.8 41 13.0 7.5 218 33 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.9 5.83 7 700 3109 9.8 -1.5 45 11.2 3.9 209 34 313.3 314.2 291.4 328.8 4.92 8 650 3718 4.0 -3.6 58 7.6 0.3 207 34 313.5 314.4 291.1 327.8 4.52 9 600 4362 -1.7 -6.5 70 4.8 -3.8 220 30 314.2 314.9 290.8 326.7 3.93 10 550 5049 -6.6 -9.9 78 3.3 -8.0 248 33 316.2 316.8 290.8 326.8 3.28 11 500 5787 -11.1 -19.7 49 8.7 -13.7 221 28 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.0 1.60 12 450 6587 -17.0 -23.3 58 6.2 -18.7 218 32 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.4 1.31 13 400 7459 -23.7 -25.5 85 1.8 -24.1 227 37 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.4 1.20 14 350 8419 -31.4 -32.8 88 1.4 -31.6 229 41 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.69 15 300 9492 -38.5 -46.4 43 7.9 -39.1 239 47 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.20 16 250 10724 -45.5 -59.4 19 13.9 -46.0 247 55 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12189 -52.8 -68.4 13 15.6 -53.1 253 55 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14004 -61.4 -75.6 13 14.2 -61.6 248 45 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16485 -63.7 -83.5 5 19.8 -63.8 220 27 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.53 m Freezing level: 614.61 mb = 4174.19 m = 13694.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.90 mb = 3756.72 m = 12325.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.23 C = 93.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.28 mb = 2052.44 m = 6733.66 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.77 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.32 mb = 3676.39 m = 12061.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.49 C = 97.68 F Cap Strength: 8.44 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.34 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.42 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6741.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.08 mb = 2518.45 m = 8262.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.9 neg: -44.7 tot: 269.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 35.57 m/s