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: 50.18,-96.66 Latitude: 50.18 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -88 SFC 962 241 17.4 13.1 76 4.2 14.7 63 8 293.7 295.5 289.4 322.1 9.91 2 950 349 18.3 12.5 69 5.9 14.7 75 16 295.8 297.5 289.8 323.6 9.61 3 900 813 17.2 11.2 68 6.0 13.4 119 26 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.5 9.32 4 850 1299 14.6 10.1 75 4.4 11.8 153 26 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.5 9.17 5 800 1810 11.6 8.2 79 3.5 9.6 185 30 303.6 305.1 291.5 329.1 8.54 6 750 2347 8.8 1.1 58 7.7 4.7 195 35 306.1 307.1 289.6 322.9 5.51 7 700 2915 5.8 -10.6 30 16.4 -1.0 211 36 308.9 309.4 287.6 316.7 2.43 8 650 3516 0.8 -13.8 33 14.6 -4.7 214 39 309.8 310.2 287.6 316.4 2.02 9 600 4152 -4.2 -16.2 39 12.0 -8.3 221 47 311.3 311.6 287.8 317.1 1.79 10 550 4832 -9.2 -18.0 49 8.7 -12.0 216 60 313.1 313.5 288.3 318.7 1.69 11 500 5561 -14.3 -24.8 41 10.5 -16.9 209 56 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.1 1.02 12 450 6351 -20.2 -28.1 50 7.8 -21.8 203 52 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.8 0.84 13 400 7212 -27.0 -33.7 53 6.7 -28.0 203 49 319.8 320.0 289.3 321.8 0.55 14 350 8159 -34.5 -45.8 31 11.3 -35.4 207 53 322.2 322.3 289.6 322.9 0.18 15 300 9218 -42.5 -55.6 23 13.1 -43.0 212 64 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.07 16 250 10425 -50.9 -62.6 24 11.7 -51.1 214 82 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.03 17 200 11859 -55.5 -69.0 17 13.5 -55.7 207 79 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13679 -58.6 -77.3 7 18.7 -58.8 224 54 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16251 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 242 65 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.87 m Freezing level: 642.16 mb = 3615.72 m = 11862.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.63 mb = 2814.54 m = 9233.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.34 mb = 781.19 m = 2562.92 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2383.85 m = 7820.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 22.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 275.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.73 mb = 1421.70 m = 4664.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.73 mb = 4247.65 m = 13935.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.73 mb = 8932.32 m = 29305.16 ft B at Equ Level: 181.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.73 mb = 10885.17 m = 35712.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 566.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 566.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 331.83 m/s