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: 47.45,-87.19 Latitude: 47.45 Longitude: -87.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13.1 11.2 88 1.9 12.0 324 6 286.8 288.2 285.4 310.2 8.43 2 950 566 16.8 6.3 50 10.4 10.9 300 9 294.2 295.3 286.2 312.6 6.32 3 900 1025 15.1 7.0 58 8.1 10.4 270 10 297.1 298.4 287.9 317.6 6.99 4 850 1508 14.1 2.7 46 11.4 8.0 257 14 300.9 301.9 287.9 317.3 5.48 5 800 2018 12.3 -1.8 37 14.2 5.2 256 19 304.3 305.1 287.8 317.1 4.17 6 750 2556 9.1 -4.0 39 13.1 2.8 257 25 306.5 307.2 288.2 318.2 3.78 7 700 3124 5.8 -6.7 40 12.5 0.1 259 30 308.9 309.5 288.5 319.3 3.31 8 650 3725 1.6 -8.5 47 10.0 -2.7 264 33 310.8 311.3 288.9 320.6 3.10 9 600 4364 -3.4 -10.9 56 7.5 -6.4 274 36 312.1 312.7 289.0 321.0 2.76 10 550 5045 -8.8 -14.1 66 5.2 -10.7 278 39 313.6 314.0 289.1 321.2 2.34 11 500 5776 -14.3 -21.1 56 6.8 -16.2 276 39 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.4 1.42 12 450 6566 -19.8 -25.8 59 6.0 -21.1 271 42 318.4 318.6 289.3 322.0 1.04 13 400 7429 -26.4 -28.9 80 2.5 -26.9 274 44 320.7 320.8 289.9 323.7 0.88 14 350 8380 -32.8 -38.1 59 5.3 -33.4 274 48 324.5 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.41 15 300 9449 -40.3 -46.4 52 6.1 -40.7 265 47 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.20 16 250 10663 -50.9 -53.1 77 2.2 -51.0 257 50 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 17 200 12084 -57.9 -63.9 46 6.0 -58.0 260 50 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 13898 -59.1 -77.1 8 18.0 -59.3 265 45 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16422 -62.3 -83.6 4 21.4 -62.5 261 32 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.65 m Freezing level: 634.29 mb = 3926.27 m = 12881.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.61 mb = 3151.44 m = 10339.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.06 mb = 423.22 m = 1388.50 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 0.49 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.23 mb = 3586.40 m = 11766.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 97.99 F Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lifted Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.17 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 18.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9525.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.24 mb = 1625.55 m = 5333.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 59.48 m/s