MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 46.80,-93.11 Latitude: 46.80 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 970 387 22.7 4.6 31 18.1 12.6 198 13 298.4 299.4 286.9 314.7 5.48 2 950 566 19.6 3.0 33 16.6 10.7 200 25 297.1 298.0 286.0 311.9 5.01 3 900 1027 15.2 1.7 40 13.5 8.2 203 29 297.2 298.0 285.8 311.4 4.80 4 850 1508 14.2 -7.8 21 22.0 4.5 214 36 301.0 301.5 284.8 308.8 2.50 5 800 2020 14.6 -27.3 4 41.9 1.6 221 37 306.7 306.8 284.7 308.4 0.51 6 750 2561 11.7 -28.4 4 40.2 -0.3 223 36 309.3 309.4 285.7 311.0 0.49 7 700 3133 7.9 -29.5 5 37.3 -2.7 225 36 311.2 311.3 286.4 312.8 0.48 8 650 3738 3.6 -34.0 4 37.6 -5.7 226 35 313.1 313.1 286.8 314.3 0.33 9 600 4381 -1.1 -37.2 4 36.1 -8.9 227 34 314.9 314.9 287.3 315.8 0.26 10 550 5067 -6.2 -35.9 8 29.6 -12.4 229 34 316.7 316.8 288.1 317.9 0.33 11 500 5804 -11.9 -27.2 27 15.4 -15.6 229 32 318.6 318.7 289.2 321.4 0.82 12 450 6602 -17.5 -27.7 40 10.3 -19.8 228 32 321.3 321.5 290.1 324.4 0.87 13 400 7473 -23.4 -37.4 27 14.0 -25.5 228 30 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.39 14 350 8437 -29.7 -45.6 20 15.9 -31.3 235 29 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.18 15 300 9517 -38.1 -47.9 35 9.8 -38.8 234 32 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.17 16 250 10748 -47.3 -47.8 95 0.5 -47.3 236 33 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.20 17 200 12185 -57.8 -61.5 63 3.7 -57.9 243 36 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 18 150 13974 -62.2 -77.4 11 15.2 -62.3 245 39 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16458 -64.9 -83.4 6 18.5 -65.0 247 21 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.05 m Freezing level: 611.44 mb = 4233.81 m = 13890.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.29 mb = 2480.04 m = 8136.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.46 mb = 2655.96 m = 8713.67 ft T: 11.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 561.33 mb = 4906.57 m = 16097.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.38 C = 104.69 F Cap Strength: 11.49 C Lifted Index: 9.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.21 C Showalter Index: 11.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 4.09 C K Index: -19.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 160.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10916.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.99 mb = 2830.65 m = 9286.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 27.20 m/s