MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 47.85,-97.02 Latitude: 47.85 Longitude: -97.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 980 259 22.3 11.6 51 10.7 15.6 183 11 297.1 298.7 289.6 322.7 8.78 2 950 530 19.2 10.7 58 8.4 14.0 188 16 296.6 298.2 289.2 321.5 8.55 3 900 995 19.3 9.2 52 10.1 13.1 217 20 301.4 302.9 290.5 325.6 8.15 4 850 1486 19.6 7.0 44 12.7 12.0 217 18 306.7 308.1 291.5 329.1 7.38 5 800 2007 17.9 2.7 36 15.2 9.3 221 21 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.2 5.81 6 750 2555 13.5 -0.2 39 13.7 6.2 224 26 311.3 312.2 290.9 327.0 5.03 7 700 3130 8.2 -2.1 48 10.3 2.9 226 28 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.3 4.69 8 650 3735 2.2 -3.2 67 5.5 -0.4 226 30 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.1 4.64 9 600 4375 -3.8 -4.9 92 1.1 -4.3 227 31 311.7 312.6 290.5 325.7 4.43 10 550 5056 -8.9 -10.5 88 1.6 -9.5 230 29 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.6 3.13 11 500 5790 -12.1 -20.2 51 8.1 -14.5 235 33 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.53 12 450 6589 -16.3 -26.6 41 10.2 -18.8 243 37 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.1 0.97 13 400 7465 -22.4 -31.5 43 9.1 -24.1 252 38 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.69 14 350 8430 -29.6 -39.3 38 9.7 -30.8 255 33 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.3 0.36 15 300 9515 -36.7 -46.9 34 10.1 -37.5 254 31 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.19 16 250 10747 -47.7 -50.0 77 2.3 -47.8 263 38 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.16 17 200 12186 -56.5 -63.8 39 7.3 -56.6 261 50 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 13994 -61.6 -77.3 11 15.7 -61.7 247 47 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16482 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.0 -63.0 235 28 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.39 m Freezing level: 631.43 mb = 3972.94 m = 13034.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.61 mb = 3652.75 m = 11983.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.16 C = 91.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.29 mb = 1615.75 m = 5300.94 ft T: 19.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.46 mb = 3409.30 m = 11185.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.62 C = 97.91 F Cap Strength: 10.18 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.25 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.07 C K Index: 28.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7288.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.40 mb = 1949.21 m = 6394.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 35.09 m/s