MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 49.39,-96.78 Latitude: 49.39 Longitude: -96.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -87 SFC 960 266 26.0 12.0 42 13.9 17.0 132 11 302.7 304.4 291.7 330.1 9.23 2 950 356 24.7 11.6 44 13.1 16.4 137 16 302.2 303.9 291.5 329.1 9.05 3 900 826 20.2 10.7 55 9.4 14.3 146 19 302.3 303.9 291.5 329.1 9.03 4 850 1316 15.5 9.9 69 5.6 12.0 155 22 302.4 304.1 291.5 329.2 9.02 5 800 1827 11.1 8.9 86 2.2 9.7 166 26 303.0 304.6 291.6 329.7 8.96 6 750 2363 8.6 4.1 73 4.6 6.1 184 33 305.9 307.2 290.7 326.7 6.84 7 700 2934 7.6 -9.3 29 16.9 0.3 202 39 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.5 2.69 8 650 3538 2.5 -15.3 25 17.9 -4.1 206 41 311.8 312.2 288.0 317.7 1.78 9 600 4178 -2.6 -20.7 23 18.1 -8.3 213 50 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.2 1.22 10 550 4861 -7.9 -24.7 25 16.8 -12.4 210 54 314.7 314.9 288.1 317.9 0.94 11 500 5593 -13.6 -27.3 31 13.7 -16.8 210 54 316.5 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.82 12 450 6385 -19.7 -29.3 42 9.6 -21.6 211 53 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.2 0.75 13 400 7247 -26.5 -30.7 68 4.1 -27.2 213 53 320.5 320.7 289.7 323.1 0.74 14 350 8197 -33.9 -34.0 99 0.1 -33.9 216 60 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.61 15 300 9259 -41.3 -48.3 47 7.0 -41.7 221 78 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.16 16 250 10476 -49.1 -60.6 25 11.5 -49.4 222 93 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.04 17 200 11907 -58.1 -68.0 27 10.0 -58.2 224 95 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.02 18 150 13718 -57.2 -78.4 5 21.3 -57.5 242 64 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16281 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 231 56 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.11 m Freezing level: 625.37 mb = 3853.51 m = 12642.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.07 mb = 2967.95 m = 9737.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.30 mb = 2012.45 m = 6602.45 ft T: 10.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 12.47 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.58 mb = 3020.67 m = 9910.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 22.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 382.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.54 mb = 2009.90 m = 6594.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.54 mb = 4343.03 m = 14248.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.54 mb = 9542.19 m = 31306.03 ft B at Equ Level: 379.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.54 mb = 11984.77 m = 39319.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 305.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 305.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 153.24 m/s