MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 47.95,-97.15 Latitude: 47.95 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 980 267 24.1 13.1 50 11.0 17.0 153 14 298.9 300.7 291.0 327.4 9.72 2 950 540 23.9 11.3 45 12.6 15.9 155 29 301.4 303.1 291.0 327.6 8.85 3 900 1009 20.1 9.5 51 10.5 13.6 159 36 302.2 303.7 290.8 326.9 8.32 4 850 1499 16.3 8.5 60 7.8 11.6 173 36 303.2 304.7 291.0 327.7 8.20 5 800 2012 12.2 7.9 75 4.2 9.6 184 33 304.1 305.7 291.5 329.3 8.41 6 750 2550 9.6 5.6 76 4.0 7.2 186 26 306.9 308.4 291.7 330.1 7.62 7 700 3121 6.9 1.0 66 5.8 3.7 189 20 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.4 5.91 8 650 3725 2.2 -2.0 74 4.1 0.1 196 19 311.4 312.4 291.0 327.4 5.10 9 600 4367 -2.4 -5.4 80 3.0 -3.8 207 18 313.3 314.1 290.8 326.9 4.27 10 550 5052 -7.3 -8.6 90 1.3 -7.8 217 19 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.2 3.63 11 500 5788 -11.5 -12.7 91 1.2 -11.9 224 20 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.88 12 450 6589 -16.7 -17.4 94 0.8 -16.9 223 18 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.6 2.17 13 400 7463 -22.8 -24.6 85 1.9 -23.2 244 17 325.4 325.7 291.7 329.9 1.30 14 350 8427 -30.6 -32.7 82 2.1 -30.9 258 18 327.5 327.6 291.7 330.0 0.70 15 300 9501 -39.8 -41.6 83 1.8 -39.9 257 18 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.33 16 250 10721 -47.6 -56.9 33 9.3 -47.9 253 18 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12186 -50.1 -70.5 7 20.4 -50.5 244 27 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14050 -56.0 -80.9 3 25.0 -56.3 262 18 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16576 -62.7 -83.6 4 20.9 -62.9 231 17 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.48 m Freezing level: 626.39 mb = 4028.25 m = 13215.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.99 mb = 3737.90 m = 12263.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.31 mb = 1656.55 m = 5434.80 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 3.20 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.02 mb = 3179.40 m = 10430.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.56 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6629.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.84 mb = 2160.55 m = 7088.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.2 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 219.2 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.1 neg: -26.5 tot: 173.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 28.30 m/s