MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 42.98,-101.30 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -101.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 483 2 900 939 SFC 900 941 13.0 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 175 8 294.9 296.6 289.3 321.7 9.30 4 850 1418 10.8 7.4 79 3.4 8.9 186 20 297.5 298.9 288.6 319.7 7.61 5 800 1922 8.1 4.3 77 3.8 6.0 191 23 299.8 301.0 288.5 319.1 6.51 6 750 2453 5.0 1.1 76 3.9 3.0 205 22 302.0 303.0 288.3 318.6 5.52 7 700 3012 0.9 -2.3 79 3.2 -0.6 213 24 303.5 304.4 288.0 317.6 4.63 8 650 3605 -1.9 -7.5 65 5.6 -4.3 205 33 306.8 307.4 287.8 317.2 3.34 9 600 4239 -4.4 -13.9 47 9.5 -7.8 201 41 311.0 311.4 288.1 318.0 2.17 10 550 4919 -8.4 -15.4 57 7.0 -10.8 188 41 314.2 314.6 289.0 321.1 2.10 11 500 5651 -14.3 -17.7 75 3.4 -15.3 190 42 315.7 316.0 289.3 322.0 1.91 12 450 6442 -19.2 -20.2 92 1.0 -19.5 173 47 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.9 1.71 13 400 7310 -24.3 -24.4 99 0.1 -24.3 159 50 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.0 1.33 14 350 8269 -31.4 -31.4 100 -0.0 -31.4 161 54 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.3 0.79 15 300 9342 -39.6 -39.6 100 0.0 -39.6 158 56 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.41 16 250 10563 -48.8 -48.8 100 0.0 -48.7 170 71 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 17 200 11995 -56.3 -66.1 28 9.8 -56.5 190 73 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13833 -55.3 -80.6 3 25.4 -55.6 245 41 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16404 -58.6 -84.7 2 26.1 -59.0 258 28 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.34 m Freezing level: 683.56 mb = 3206.89 m = 10521.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.92 mb = 2920.87 m = 9582.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.90 % Est. max temperature: 19.89 C = 67.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.34 mb = 1172.09 m = 3845.39 ft T: 11.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 4.47 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2262.25 m = 7421.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.11 C = 66.40 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 2.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7561.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.88 mb = 1820.17 m = 5971.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.6 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 220.6 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 49.69 m/s