MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 52.88,-85.24 Latitude: 52.88 Longitude: -85.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -147 SFC 968 128 15.7 14.7 94 1.0 15.1 149 12 291.5 293.4 289.5 322.4 10.92 2 950 290 15.1 14.4 96 0.7 14.7 152 23 292.5 294.4 289.8 323.5 10.90 3 900 747 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.2 171 36 295.3 297.2 290.5 325.7 10.56 4 850 1228 11.3 10.2 93 1.1 10.6 188 36 298.0 299.7 290.2 324.9 9.22 5 800 1733 8.3 7.5 94 0.9 7.8 195 36 300.0 301.5 290.0 324.1 8.15 6 750 2264 5.2 4.4 94 0.8 4.8 196 36 302.2 303.5 289.7 323.1 7.00 7 700 2825 1.8 1.3 96 0.5 1.5 194 36 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.6 6.00 8 650 3419 -1.3 -1.7 97 0.4 -1.5 200 38 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.5 5.20 9 600 4054 -4.7 -5.3 96 0.5 -5.0 199 46 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.2 4.31 10 550 4734 -8.4 -9.0 95 0.6 -8.7 190 51 314.1 314.7 290.3 325.3 3.51 11 500 5468 -12.7 -13.4 95 0.6 -13.0 182 58 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.5 2.73 12 450 6263 -18.4 -20.3 85 1.8 -19.0 187 68 320.0 320.4 290.5 325.8 1.69 13 400 7132 -23.8 -39.0 24 15.1 -26.0 184 75 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.33 14 350 8091 -32.0 -46.7 22 14.7 -33.3 183 73 325.6 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.16 15 300 9158 -41.4 -49.2 42 7.8 -41.8 181 71 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.14 16 250 10368 -50.6 -58.3 40 7.7 -50.8 180 78 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.06 17 200 11799 -56.7 -67.8 23 11.1 -56.9 184 78 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 18 150 13634 -54.3 -79.5 3 25.2 -54.7 211 46 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16243 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 219 28 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.60 m Freezing level: 671.15 mb = 3167.89 m = 10393.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.16 mb = 3114.68 m = 10218.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.51 % Est. max temperature: 23.39 C = 74.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.79 mb = 247.03 m = 810.46 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.05 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 868.52 m = 2849.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.11 C = 68.20 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.20 mb = 661.15 m = 2169.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.20 mb = 2217.80 m = 7276.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 604.20 mb = 3998.67 m = 13118.84 ft B at Equ Level: 37.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 494.20 mb = 5556.11 m = 18228.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.1 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 219.1 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 261.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 83.58 m/s