MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 46.95,-93.31 Latitude: 46.95 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -69 1 950 371 SFC 948 391 22.6 13.3 56 9.2 16.6 149 11 300.3 302.1 291.7 330.2 10.19 3 900 841 20.8 12.2 58 8.6 15.3 162 33 302.9 304.8 292.4 332.5 9.95 4 850 1336 20.5 8.7 47 11.8 13.1 194 40 307.6 309.2 292.5 332.8 8.30 5 800 1856 16.9 5.7 47 11.3 10.2 205 38 309.2 310.5 292.0 331.2 7.17 6 750 2402 12.3 3.7 56 8.6 7.4 210 34 310.0 311.2 291.9 330.6 6.68 7 700 2976 7.2 2.1 70 5.2 4.4 212 32 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.2 6.35 8 650 3580 1.9 -0.1 87 1.9 0.8 211 33 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.3 5.86 9 600 4221 -2.7 -3.5 94 0.9 -3.1 207 41 313.0 314.0 291.3 328.6 4.92 10 550 4906 -6.4 -15.8 47 9.4 -9.7 212 43 316.5 316.9 289.8 323.2 2.03 11 500 5643 -12.5 -15.5 78 3.0 -13.5 208 49 317.8 318.2 290.4 325.4 2.29 12 450 6438 -18.7 -21.7 77 3.0 -19.5 201 58 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.49 13 400 7304 -25.4 -30.0 66 4.6 -26.3 205 59 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.7 0.79 14 350 8260 -31.6 -31.6 100 0.0 -31.6 205 59 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.77 15 300 9336 -38.4 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.4 210 73 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10560 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.5 220 81 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 17 200 11990 -57.2 -61.7 56 4.5 -57.3 228 112 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 13813 -60.3 -75.9 11 15.6 -60.5 224 58 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16357 -59.2 -84.0 3 24.8 -59.5 242 42 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.03 m Freezing level: 629.42 mb = 3844.05 m = 12611.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.30 mb = 3713.11 m = 12181.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.04 mb = 1570.72 m = 5153.22 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.62 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.93 mb = 2893.73 m = 9493.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.44 mb = 2098.10 m = 6883.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.44 mb = 3673.87 m = 12053.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.44 mb = 9279.67 m = 30444.75 ft B at Equ Level: 435.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.44 mb = 12572.15 m = 41246.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.7 neg: -9.3 tot: 357.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 102.62 m/s