MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 45.35,-95.21 Latitude: 45.35 Longitude: -95.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 SFC 960 364 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.1 159 16 293.5 295.3 289.8 323.5 10.53 2 950 452 16.5 13.5 82 3.0 14.6 161 24 293.9 295.7 289.8 323.3 10.26 3 900 910 12.8 12.3 96 0.5 12.5 168 34 294.7 296.5 289.8 323.5 10.01 4 850 1390 10.7 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 188 44 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.1 9.52 5 800 1893 7.7 7.3 97 0.4 7.5 205 45 299.3 300.8 289.6 323.0 8.04 6 750 2424 5.4 4.3 93 1.1 4.8 198 46 302.4 303.7 289.8 323.2 6.95 7 700 2985 1.8 1.2 95 0.6 1.5 189 53 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.6 5.97 8 650 3580 -1.7 -2.7 93 1.0 -2.1 192 60 307.1 308.0 289.3 321.9 4.82 9 600 4212 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.6 198 62 309.2 309.8 288.9 320.6 3.65 10 550 4889 -9.9 -12.3 82 2.4 -10.8 204 55 312.3 312.9 289.0 321.0 2.70 11 500 5618 -14.2 -18.0 73 3.8 -15.4 212 52 315.7 316.0 289.3 321.8 1.85 12 450 6409 -19.4 -27.0 51 7.7 -21.1 215 53 318.9 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.93 13 400 7273 -25.8 -32.9 51 7.1 -27.0 226 57 321.4 321.6 289.9 323.6 0.60 14 350 8225 -33.9 -38.3 64 4.4 -34.3 229 66 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.40 15 300 9288 -41.0 -46.9 52 6.0 -41.3 234 67 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.4 0.19 16 250 10503 -49.2 -57.4 38 8.2 -49.4 241 69 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 17 200 11954 -52.1 -69.9 10 17.9 -52.4 242 54 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 13804 -54.3 -79.4 3 25.1 -54.7 247 47 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16364 -60.1 -84.4 3 24.3 -60.3 255 40 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.43 m Freezing level: 673.73 mb = 3297.45 m = 10818.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.57 mb = 3222.77 m = 10573.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.52 % Est. max temperature: 22.30 C = 72.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.54 mb = 728.17 m = 2388.98 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.58 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1116.51 m = 3663.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.27 C = 66.68 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.18 mb = 992.75 m = 3257.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.18 mb = 2913.51 m = 9558.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.18 mb = 5523.94 m = 18122.94 ft B at Equ Level: 48.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.18 mb = 7341.71 m = 24086.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.9 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 227.9 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.7 neg: -13.0 tot: 386.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 130.03 m/s