MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 44.09,-94.75 Latitude: 44.09 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 348 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 342 9 289.4 291.1 287.4 315.9 9.40 2 950 530 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 347 16 289.6 291.2 287.3 315.5 9.22 3 900 985 12.7 12.3 97 0.4 12.4 334 7 294.6 296.4 289.8 323.3 10.02 4 850 1466 12.2 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 212 20 299.0 300.9 291.5 329.4 10.41 5 800 1974 10.3 9.3 93 1.0 9.7 200 37 302.1 303.8 291.6 329.4 9.20 6 750 2509 7.3 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 196 40 304.6 306.1 291.4 328.8 8.07 7 700 3074 4.1 3.4 95 0.7 3.7 208 42 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.3 7.00 8 650 3674 0.7 0.2 96 0.6 0.4 222 47 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.2 5.97 9 600 4314 -2.4 -3.2 94 0.8 -2.8 228 42 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.3 5.04 10 550 5001 -6.1 -8.0 86 1.9 -7.0 229 38 316.8 317.6 291.5 329.1 3.80 11 500 5740 -10.9 -12.7 87 1.8 -11.6 221 35 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.88 12 450 6542 -16.0 -17.2 90 1.2 -16.4 219 36 323.1 323.5 291.9 330.6 2.20 13 400 7419 -22.0 -22.4 97 0.4 -22.1 211 40 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.8 1.58 14 350 8388 -29.2 -29.2 100 0.0 -29.2 205 40 329.4 329.6 292.5 332.9 0.97 15 300 9469 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 199 43 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.9 0.49 16 250 10698 -48.0 -48.0 100 0.0 -48.0 190 49 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.20 17 200 12128 -60.5 -60.7 98 0.1 -60.6 180 49 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 18 150 13908 -58.5 -78.0 6 19.5 -58.7 227 45 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16440 -60.3 -84.4 3 24.1 -60.6 256 23 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.63 m Freezing level: 638.38 mb = 3822.86 m = 12542.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3756.57 m = 12324.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.55 mb = 516.38 m = 1694.15 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.15 mb = 466.90 m = 1531.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.92 C = 57.05 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8407.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.25 mb = 861.72 m = 2827.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 8.0 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.7 neg: -59.3 tot: 191.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 243.58 m/s