MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 43.09,-95.76 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -95.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 953 432 15.6 9.1 65 6.5 11.8 302 13 292.8 294.1 286.9 314.7 7.63 2 950 456 15.7 8.3 61 7.5 11.4 304 15 293.2 294.4 286.7 313.9 7.22 3 900 912 12.2 4.5 59 7.7 8.0 311 28 294.1 295.1 285.7 311.1 5.87 4 850 1389 9.8 1.3 55 8.5 5.5 311 32 296.4 297.3 285.7 311.0 4.95 5 800 1890 6.9 0.6 64 6.4 3.7 305 24 298.5 299.4 286.5 313.4 4.99 6 750 2418 4.4 2.4 86 2.1 3.4 261 18 301.4 302.5 288.6 319.5 6.06 7 700 2981 4.0 3.9 99 0.1 3.9 216 41 306.9 308.2 291.4 328.9 7.25 8 650 3582 1.5 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 214 60 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.3 6.01 9 600 4223 -2.5 -7.3 69 4.8 -4.6 222 64 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.0 3.68 10 550 4907 -7.4 -10.3 80 2.9 -8.6 222 70 315.3 315.9 290.5 325.6 3.18 11 500 5643 -12.2 -15.4 77 3.2 -13.3 223 76 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.8 2.30 12 450 6444 -14.4 -34.9 16 20.4 -18.4 229 89 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.7 0.44 13 400 7328 -20.2 -49.8 5 29.6 -23.7 225 89 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.10 14 350 8300 -28.6 -54.1 7 25.5 -30.7 220 85 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.5 0.07 15 300 9383 -37.6 -58.5 9 20.9 -38.7 219 91 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 16 250 10616 -46.3 -64.7 11 18.4 -46.8 230 99 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12066 -55.4 -68.3 19 12.9 -55.6 233 97 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13876 -59.8 -78.1 8 18.2 -60.0 239 84 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16391 -64.4 -83.6 6 19.1 -64.6 235 49 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.06 m Freezing level: 631.10 mb = 3824.21 m = 12546.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.29 mb = 3677.41 m = 12064.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.09 % Est. max temperature: 21.17 C = 70.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.40 mb = 1248.93 m = 4097.50 ft T: 10.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.32 mb = 3853.60 m = 12642.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Cap Strength: 8.59 C Lifted Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.18 C Showalter Index: 9.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.00 C Cross Totals Index: 13.50 C K Index: 23.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11667.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.11 mb = 1868.35 m = 6129.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 38.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 11.1 tot: 13.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.2 neg: -136.2 tot: 199.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 336.23 m/s