MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 43.83,-103.38 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 514 2 900 968 SFC 863 1323 9.7 8.2 91 1.4 8.8 352 7 295.0 296.5 288.1 318.0 7.94 4 850 1444 8.7 7.8 94 0.9 8.2 5 10 295.3 296.7 288.1 317.9 7.81 5 800 1944 5.9 5.8 100 0.0 5.9 26 16 297.4 298.7 288.3 318.7 7.27 6 750 2472 4.6 4.6 100 0.0 4.6 76 14 301.6 302.9 289.6 322.8 7.12 7 700 3033 2.6 2.6 100 0.0 2.6 125 16 305.4 306.6 290.4 325.4 6.61 8 650 3631 0.1 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.1 156 19 309.0 310.1 290.8 326.9 5.79 9 600 4269 -3.6 -5.0 90 1.4 -4.2 174 22 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.9 4.40 10 550 4953 -7.1 -11.0 74 3.9 -8.7 182 26 315.6 316.2 290.4 325.4 2.99 11 500 5688 -12.5 -16.0 75 3.5 -13.6 176 26 317.8 318.3 290.3 325.1 2.20 12 450 6483 -18.7 -20.2 88 1.5 -19.1 170 22 319.7 320.0 290.4 325.5 1.70 13 400 7350 -24.8 -27.0 82 2.2 -25.2 142 17 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.5 1.05 14 350 8309 -31.2 -33.9 77 2.7 -31.6 118 11 326.7 326.8 291.4 329.0 0.62 15 300 9381 -40.2 -40.2 99 0.1 -40.2 134 23 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.38 16 250 10597 -50.2 -51.1 90 0.9 -50.3 138 30 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 17 200 12035 -54.0 -69.3 14 15.3 -54.2 158 21 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 13875 -56.1 -78.7 4 22.6 -56.3 208 21 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16424 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.7 228 21 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.53 m Freezing level: 649.08 mb = 3642.75 m = 11951.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.81 mb = 3608.67 m = 11839.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.89 % Est. max temperature: 18.66 C = 65.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.91 mb = 1503.29 m = 4932.00 ft T: 8.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 0.11 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.01 mb = 1861.54 m = 6107.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.61 C = 52.90 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 28.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.16 mb = 1880.42 m = 6169.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.16 mb = 1931.69 m = 6337.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.16 mb = 2034.57 m = 6675.03 ft B at Equ Level: 22.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 731.16 mb = 2678.83 m = 8788.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 188.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 233.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 121.94 m/s