MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 44.40,-97.42 Latitude: 44.40 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 502 SFC 947 525 16.2 14.5 90 1.6 15.1 288 9 293.8 295.8 290.4 325.4 11.05 3 900 960 13.5 12.6 94 0.9 12.9 288 19 295.4 297.3 290.2 324.9 10.23 4 850 1442 13.1 9.0 76 4.1 10.6 264 21 299.9 301.4 290.2 324.9 8.51 5 800 1951 10.3 6.0 75 4.3 7.9 256 22 302.2 303.5 290.0 324.2 7.37 6 750 2485 6.8 3.5 80 3.2 5.0 252 23 303.9 305.1 289.9 323.7 6.58 7 700 3049 2.7 1.5 91 1.2 2.1 251 25 305.5 306.7 290.0 324.1 6.10 8 650 3646 -0.6 -1.0 97 0.4 -0.8 243 22 308.3 309.3 290.3 325.2 5.47 9 600 4282 -3.8 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.1 229 22 311.7 312.5 290.6 326.2 4.61 10 550 4965 -7.4 -8.0 95 0.6 -7.7 215 27 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.5 3.80 11 500 5702 -11.4 -12.1 95 0.6 -11.7 203 30 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.0 3.03 12 450 6502 -16.2 -16.7 96 0.5 -16.4 197 35 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.6 2.30 13 400 7378 -22.1 -22.5 97 0.4 -22.2 196 40 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.7 1.58 14 350 8344 -29.8 -30.2 97 0.4 -29.9 198 43 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.7 0.89 15 300 9420 -39.2 -39.6 97 0.3 -39.3 198 46 330.1 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.41 16 250 10639 -50.4 -50.4 100 0.0 -50.4 197 52 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 17 200 12055 -59.2 -61.2 78 2.0 -59.3 199 61 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13868 -57.5 -78.9 5 21.4 -57.8 235 38 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16402 -61.4 -84.1 3 22.7 -61.7 253 26 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.44 m Freezing level: 658.82 mb = 3540.44 m = 11615.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.94 mb = 3474.81 m = 11400.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.45 % Est. max temperature: 24.48 C = 76.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.14 mb = 726.56 m = 2383.71 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 1940.50 m = 6366.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.34 C = 75.81 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 32.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6886.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.75 mb = 1238.81 m = 4064.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -37.0 tot: -36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 51.11 m/s