MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 44.51,-94.29 Latitude: 44.51 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 970 298 9.2 -1.4 47 10.6 4.5 259 18 284.9 285.5 279.1 295.0 3.56 2 950 468 8.2 -3.2 44 11.4 3.3 261 30 285.5 286.1 278.9 294.6 3.18 3 900 911 4.1 -4.8 52 8.8 0.5 264 37 285.7 286.2 278.7 294.2 2.97 4 850 1373 2.5 -8.6 44 11.1 -1.7 267 48 288.7 289.1 279.4 295.6 2.34 5 800 1864 3.1 -11.7 33 14.9 -2.3 256 48 294.5 294.8 281.5 300.4 1.94 6 750 2384 0.4 -14.6 31 15.0 -4.7 244 47 297.0 297.3 282.2 302.1 1.64 7 700 2934 -2.6 -20.5 24 17.9 -7.7 232 49 299.6 299.8 282.6 303.0 1.06 8 650 3517 -6.3 -26.7 18 20.4 -11.1 223 57 301.8 301.9 283.0 304.0 0.66 9 600 4138 -10.1 -32.7 14 22.6 -14.5 225 64 304.4 304.4 283.7 305.8 0.41 10 550 4804 -12.8 -24.0 38 11.3 -15.5 226 95 308.9 309.1 286.1 312.2 0.99 11 500 5524 -17.9 -19.5 88 1.6 -18.4 221 106 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.5 1.63 12 450 6305 -21.0 -47.0 8 26.0 -23.9 222 112 316.8 316.9 287.9 317.3 0.12 13 400 7171 -23.9 -57.1 3 33.2 -26.6 219 123 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.04 14 350 8131 -31.2 -60.4 4 29.2 -33.0 220 121 326.6 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.03 15 300 9207 -38.0 -61.4 7 23.4 -39.1 225 118 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 16 250 10443 -45.0 -64.4 10 19.4 -45.6 226 115 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 11913 -50.2 -72.1 6 22.0 -50.6 231 98 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13767 -56.3 -78.8 4 22.4 -56.6 228 79 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16331 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 261 27 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5482.01 m Freezing level: 743.28 mb = 2457.61 m = 8062.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 889.26 mb = 1007.72 m = 3306.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.77 % Est. max temperature: 16.45 C = 61.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.15 mb = 1623.00 m = 5324.73 ft T: 2.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 0.80 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.25 mb = 4057.16 m = 13310.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 14.16 C Lifted Index: 14.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.05 C Showalter Index: 14.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.39 C Cross Totals Index: 9.30 C K Index: -6.17 Risk: None Sweat Index: 202.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17290.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.06 mb = 2005.57 m = 6579.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 66.2 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 49.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 6.1 tot: 11.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.3 neg: -23.3 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 245.07 m/s