MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 50.00,-97.34 Latitude: 50.00 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -90 SFC 962 239 16.9 12.5 75 4.5 14.1 15 10 293.3 295.0 288.9 320.4 9.47 2 950 348 17.2 12.0 71 5.2 14.0 25 16 294.6 296.3 289.2 321.4 9.31 3 900 809 16.3 11.2 72 5.1 13.1 84 20 298.3 300.0 290.4 325.5 9.32 4 850 1294 14.5 10.2 75 4.3 11.9 135 21 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.6 9.21 5 800 1805 11.6 8.2 80 3.4 9.6 171 27 303.6 305.1 291.5 329.2 8.57 6 750 2342 8.5 0.0 55 8.5 4.1 191 30 305.8 306.7 289.2 321.4 5.11 7 700 2909 5.0 -10.3 32 15.4 -1.3 210 32 308.1 308.5 287.4 316.0 2.48 8 650 3508 0.3 -13.5 35 13.8 -4.8 212 36 309.3 309.7 287.4 316.0 2.08 9 600 4144 -4.7 -17.3 36 12.7 -8.8 215 43 310.7 311.0 287.5 316.1 1.63 10 550 4822 -9.7 -22.9 33 13.2 -13.3 219 60 312.5 312.8 287.5 316.3 1.10 11 500 5550 -15.0 -26.1 38 11.1 -17.6 208 58 314.8 314.9 288.1 317.9 0.91 12 450 6337 -20.8 -32.1 36 11.3 -22.8 201 54 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.58 13 400 7196 -27.6 -37.6 38 10.1 -28.9 202 50 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.5 0.37 14 350 8141 -35.0 -51.0 18 16.0 -36.0 207 50 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.10 15 300 9197 -43.0 -58.2 17 15.2 -43.6 209 67 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.05 16 250 10402 -51.1 -64.8 18 13.7 -51.4 212 83 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.03 17 200 11839 -54.1 -69.6 13 15.5 -54.4 208 78 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 13672 -56.9 -78.5 5 21.6 -57.2 221 47 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16251 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 238 66 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.44 m Freezing level: 646.61 mb = 3551.26 m = 11650.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.25 mb = 2766.52 m = 9076.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.25 mb = 806.71 m = 2646.66 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.80 mb = 2344.45 m = 7691.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 24.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 295.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.41 mb = 1340.10 m = 4396.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.41 mb = 4402.35 m = 14443.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.41 mb = 8746.29 m = 28694.84 ft B at Equ Level: 158.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.41 mb = 10391.15 m = 34091.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.9 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 232.9 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 609.0 neg: -5.3 tot: 603.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 201.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 389.62 m/s