MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 44.71,-95.24 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 970 322 16.9 14.8 87 2.1 15.6 160 15 292.7 294.6 289.9 323.9 10.99 2 950 495 16.0 14.3 89 1.7 14.9 161 26 293.4 295.4 290.0 324.3 10.82 3 900 953 13.3 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 170 35 295.2 297.1 290.4 325.3 10.49 4 850 1435 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 191 36 299.1 300.8 290.9 327.1 9.57 5 800 1941 9.0 8.2 95 0.8 8.6 200 37 300.7 302.3 290.6 326.1 8.59 6 750 2475 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.9 200 38 304.0 305.2 289.8 323.5 6.48 7 700 3038 3.3 -0.1 79 3.3 1.5 201 42 306.1 307.1 289.6 322.8 5.45 8 650 3635 -0.8 -4.2 78 3.4 -2.4 202 48 308.1 308.9 289.2 321.5 4.31 9 600 4270 -5.0 -9.6 70 4.6 -6.9 200 56 310.3 310.9 288.8 320.1 3.07 10 550 4949 -9.0 -15.4 59 6.5 -11.2 196 59 313.4 313.8 288.8 320.3 2.09 11 500 5681 -12.8 -22.1 46 9.3 -15.4 199 61 317.4 317.7 289.3 321.8 1.30 12 450 6476 -18.3 -33.6 25 15.3 -21.1 205 69 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.1 0.50 13 400 7344 -24.7 -36.0 34 11.2 -26.5 203 73 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.44 14 350 8300 -32.3 -41.4 40 9.1 -33.3 203 73 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.29 15 300 9368 -40.5 -48.0 45 7.5 -41.0 197 73 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 16 250 10586 -49.2 -57.4 38 8.2 -49.5 195 76 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 12025 -56.2 -66.3 27 10.1 -56.4 196 70 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13851 -55.3 -79.5 3 24.1 -55.7 209 59 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16392 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 218 41 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.40 m Freezing level: 659.84 mb = 3518.00 m = 11541.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.35 mb = 3267.86 m = 10721.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.29 C = 75.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.61 mb = 588.51 m = 1930.78 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 7.02 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1461.60 m = 4795.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 32.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.77 mb = 917.78 m = 3011.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.77 mb = 3773.59 m = 12380.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 538.77 mb = 5107.08 m = 16755.30 ft B at Equ Level: 29.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 468.77 mb = 6167.69 m = 20234.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 279.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 109.00 m/s