MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 49.64,-97.13 Latitude: 49.64 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 984 238 25.4 13.4 47 12.0 17.7 177 11 300.0 301.8 291.5 329.0 9.88 2 950 545 26.0 11.6 41 14.4 16.8 189 29 303.6 305.3 291.9 330.7 9.08 3 900 1018 22.0 10.4 48 11.6 14.7 197 33 304.2 305.8 291.9 330.5 8.81 4 850 1511 17.5 9.4 59 8.1 12.4 205 34 304.4 306.1 291.9 330.6 8.73 5 800 2025 13.2 7.9 70 5.2 10.0 218 31 305.2 306.8 291.9 330.5 8.41 6 750 2566 10.5 2.5 57 8.1 6.1 223 26 308.0 309.2 290.8 326.7 6.10 7 700 3136 5.7 0.0 67 5.7 2.8 226 24 308.8 309.9 290.5 325.8 5.49 8 650 3737 1.0 -4.0 69 5.0 -1.3 230 23 310.1 310.9 289.9 323.9 4.39 9 600 4377 -2.8 -10.5 55 7.7 -5.9 230 23 312.9 313.5 289.4 322.2 2.87 10 550 5061 -6.6 -19.4 35 12.8 -10.7 234 24 316.2 316.5 289.1 321.3 1.50 11 500 5800 -10.2 -25.5 27 15.3 -14.3 244 26 320.6 320.7 289.9 323.9 0.96 12 450 6603 -16.0 -27.4 37 11.5 -18.7 241 29 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.3 0.89 13 400 7477 -22.9 -34.6 33 11.7 -24.9 238 33 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.51 14 350 8446 -27.9 -48.7 12 20.8 -30.0 240 34 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.13 15 300 9533 -36.7 -51.9 19 15.2 -37.7 248 34 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10766 -46.7 -56.6 31 9.9 -47.1 257 41 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12210 -58.0 -59.1 88 1.0 -58.0 257 45 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 13994 -62.4 -74.6 18 12.2 -62.5 242 34 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16478 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.7 -64.8 245 26 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.72 m Freezing level: 636.59 mb = 3908.75 m = 12823.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.19 mb = 3537.72 m = 11606.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.76 mb = 1766.35 m = 5795.02 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.68 mb = 2929.82 m = 9612.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.13 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.99 mb = 2312.75 m = 7587.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.99 mb = 3638.21 m = 11936.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.99 mb = 5377.69 m = 17643.14 ft B at Equ Level: 31.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.99 mb = 6975.01 m = 22883.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.3 neg: -7.8 tot: 183.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 27.38 m/s