MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 47.43,-86.72 Latitude: 47.43 Longitude: -86.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 994 179 12.9 11.7 92 1.2 12.2 315 6 286.6 288.1 285.7 310.9 8.73 2 950 565 16.5 9.7 64 6.8 12.4 288 9 293.9 295.3 287.7 316.8 7.97 3 900 1025 15.2 9.2 67 6.0 11.6 263 11 297.2 298.7 289.0 320.9 8.14 4 850 1509 14.3 3.9 50 10.4 8.6 256 15 301.1 302.2 288.4 318.9 5.96 5 800 2019 12.5 -1.3 38 13.8 5.5 257 20 304.5 305.3 288.0 317.8 4.34 6 750 2557 9.1 -3.6 40 12.8 2.9 260 25 306.5 307.2 288.3 318.6 3.90 7 700 3125 5.7 -6.8 40 12.5 0.1 263 31 308.8 309.4 288.5 319.1 3.27 8 650 3726 1.5 -8.3 48 9.8 -2.7 269 32 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.6 3.14 9 600 4365 -3.5 -11.1 55 7.6 -6.5 278 37 312.1 312.6 289.0 320.8 2.72 10 550 5046 -8.6 -14.9 61 6.2 -10.8 281 38 313.8 314.3 289.0 321.0 2.19 11 500 5777 -14.3 -20.8 58 6.5 -16.1 276 37 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.6 1.46 12 450 6567 -19.8 -26.0 57 6.3 -21.2 270 41 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.9 1.02 13 400 7430 -26.4 -29.5 75 3.1 -26.9 273 43 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.6 0.83 14 350 8381 -32.7 -38.9 54 6.2 -33.4 275 47 324.7 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.38 15 300 9451 -40.2 -45.9 54 5.7 -40.6 263 46 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.21 16 250 10665 -50.9 -52.9 79 2.0 -51.0 258 50 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.11 17 200 12086 -58.1 -63.4 51 5.3 -58.2 260 52 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 13899 -59.1 -77.0 8 17.9 -59.3 264 45 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16423 -62.4 -83.7 4 21.2 -62.6 261 32 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.61 m Freezing level: 635.25 mb = 3914.54 m = 12842.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.61 mb = 3140.70 m = 10304.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.51 mb = 331.46 m = 1087.44 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3147.20 m = 10325.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 3.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.63 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 19.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9429.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.14 mb = 1310.42 m = 4299.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 53.25 m/s