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: 45.88,-100.93 Latitude: 45.88 Longitude: -100.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 1 950 433 SFC 927 638 14.1 10.8 81 3.3 12.1 268 13 293.5 295.1 288.3 318.8 8.82 3 900 888 11.2 9.8 91 1.3 10.4 272 21 293.0 294.5 287.9 317.3 8.48 4 850 1363 7.9 7.5 97 0.4 7.6 281 20 294.4 295.7 287.6 316.4 7.65 5 800 1862 5.4 4.2 92 1.2 4.7 267 20 296.9 298.0 287.3 315.8 6.47 6 750 2386 1.9 1.4 97 0.5 1.6 262 22 298.6 299.6 287.2 315.3 5.65 7 700 2941 -0.4 -0.8 97 0.4 -0.6 265 23 302.1 303.0 288.0 317.7 5.17 8 650 3532 -2.7 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.0 273 27 305.9 306.7 288.7 320.0 4.58 9 600 4164 -5.7 -6.8 92 1.0 -6.2 280 30 309.5 310.2 289.2 321.5 3.83 10 550 4842 -9.4 -10.8 89 1.4 -9.9 279 34 313.0 313.5 289.6 322.8 3.05 11 500 5573 -13.7 -15.0 90 1.3 -14.2 282 40 316.3 316.8 290.0 324.1 2.38 12 450 6366 -18.7 -19.8 91 1.1 -19.0 285 48 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.7 1.76 13 400 7234 -24.9 -25.5 95 0.6 -25.1 287 48 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.8 1.20 14 350 8190 -32.3 -33.0 94 0.7 -32.4 288 45 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.68 15 300 9257 -41.3 -42.5 88 1.2 -41.4 278 48 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.30 16 250 10465 -51.3 -55.4 62 4.1 -51.5 272 51 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 17 200 11902 -54.3 -68.2 17 13.9 -54.5 265 51 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13748 -53.8 -79.2 3 25.4 -54.2 241 42 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 19 100 16318 -58.5 -84.0 2 25.5 -58.9 252 40 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5575.17 m Freezing level: 708.24 mb = 2849.71 m = 9349.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.06 mb = 2792.57 m = 9161.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.18 % Est. max temperature: 18.12 C = 64.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.86 mb = 1047.94 m = 3438.07 ft T: 10.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 3.49 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1296.53 m = 4253.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.74 C = 58.54 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.77 mb = 1258.47 m = 4128.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.77 mb = 2007.67 m = 6586.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.77 mb = 2762.04 m = 9061.71 ft B at Equ Level: 14.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 665.77 mb = 3341.02 m = 10961.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 16.54 m/s