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: 50.84,-96.14 Latitude: 50.84 Longitude: -96.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -124 SFC 957 247 14.8 12.6 87 2.2 13.5 132 5 291.6 293.3 288.4 318.9 9.62 2 950 312 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.6 140 11 293.0 294.7 288.8 320.0 9.47 3 900 772 16.1 10.1 68 6.0 12.4 185 22 298.1 299.7 289.8 323.3 8.64 4 850 1257 14.9 5.1 52 9.8 9.4 203 19 301.8 303.0 289.1 321.2 6.50 5 800 1767 11.4 -0.3 44 11.7 5.4 206 21 303.3 304.2 287.9 317.5 4.68 6 750 2303 8.2 -6.9 34 15.1 1.5 189 31 305.5 306.1 287.1 315.0 3.04 7 700 2869 5.1 -13.5 25 18.5 -2.1 177 36 308.1 308.4 286.8 314.3 1.93 8 650 3468 0.6 -16.5 26 17.1 -5.4 182 38 309.6 309.9 287.1 314.9 1.61 9 600 4103 -5.2 -15.0 46 9.8 -8.6 190 43 310.1 310.5 287.6 316.6 1.99 10 550 4779 -10.9 -16.9 61 6.1 -12.8 195 41 311.2 311.5 287.8 317.2 1.85 11 500 5504 -16.3 -22.1 61 5.8 -17.8 207 37 313.2 313.5 287.9 317.6 1.30 12 450 6288 -22.1 -27.3 63 5.2 -23.1 208 41 315.5 315.6 288.3 318.6 0.90 13 400 7142 -28.9 -34.9 56 6.0 -29.7 215 51 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.1 0.49 14 350 8082 -36.0 -37.5 86 1.5 -36.1 208 80 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.8 0.43 15 300 9133 -44.8 -45.4 94 0.6 -44.9 197 84 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.0 0.22 16 250 10329 -51.4 -63.1 23 11.7 -51.7 206 73 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.03 17 200 11771 -53.4 -75.2 5 21.7 -53.8 202 66 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 13620 -52.6 -80.5 2 27.8 -53.1 212 68 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16236 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.7 256 56 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.06 m Freezing level: 645.08 mb = 3530.72 m = 11583.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.23 mb = 2533.14 m = 8310.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.21 mb = 527.69 m = 1731.26 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 9.02 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.61 mb = 2585.30 m = 8481.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 17.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 398.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.19 mb = 1445.53 m = 4742.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.19 mb = 4554.01 m = 14940.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.19 mb = 8156.76 m = 26760.69 ft B at Equ Level: 131.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.19 mb = 10168.61 m = 33361.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.9 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 222.9 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.1 neg: -17.3 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 56.19 m/s