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: 44.67,-96.93 Latitude: 44.67 Longitude: -96.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 1 950 442 SFC 940 528 11.3 3.4 58 8.0 7.2 266 16 289.5 290.4 283.1 304.4 5.18 3 900 891 8.0 1.2 62 6.7 4.7 270 30 289.7 290.5 282.6 303.1 4.64 4 850 1361 6.7 -3.9 47 10.6 2.0 270 35 293.2 293.8 282.7 303.1 3.36 5 800 1858 5.8 -5.7 43 11.5 0.8 262 37 297.3 297.9 284.1 306.7 3.12 6 750 2384 3.4 -6.4 49 9.8 -0.8 250 46 300.2 300.8 285.2 309.8 3.14 7 700 2939 -0.9 -3.4 83 2.5 -2.0 232 45 301.5 302.3 286.9 314.4 4.25 8 650 3528 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 208 40 304.8 305.6 288.2 318.2 4.38 9 600 4158 -6.6 -6.8 99 0.2 -6.7 211 58 308.4 309.2 288.9 320.4 3.83 10 550 4832 -11.5 -11.7 98 0.2 -11.5 219 67 310.5 311.0 288.6 319.6 2.85 11 500 5557 -15.3 -15.5 98 0.3 -15.3 217 98 314.4 314.9 289.3 321.9 2.28 12 450 6346 -20.6 -21.7 91 1.1 -20.9 216 109 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.4 1.50 13 400 7211 -22.7 -48.3 8 25.6 -25.5 222 115 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.12 14 350 8179 -29.3 -53.1 8 23.8 -31.2 220 104 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 15 300 9258 -38.4 -55.8 14 17.4 -39.3 214 95 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.07 16 250 10490 -45.4 -64.9 9 19.5 -46.0 217 92 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 11954 -52.5 -70.9 9 18.5 -52.8 219 88 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13787 -57.6 -78.3 5 20.7 -57.9 235 70 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16332 -58.0 -84.2 2 26.2 -58.4 239 61 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.09 m Freezing level: 710.13 mb = 2826.72 m = 9273.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.84 mb = 2118.28 m = 6949.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.75 % Est. max temperature: 19.51 C = 67.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.23 mb = 1524.09 m = 5000.22 ft T: 6.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 1.30 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.38 mb = 3719.49 m = 12202.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 9.50 C Lifted Index: 11.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.68 C Showalter Index: 11.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 11.35 C K Index: 15.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14397.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.74 mb = 2025.19 m = 6644.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 58.9 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 44.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 6.4 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -140.5 tot: -132.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 256.66 m/s