MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 44.04,-99.1 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 500 SFC 949 507 23.9 13.8 53 10.1 17.3 155 14 301.5 303.5 292.4 332.5 10.50 3 900 973 22.5 11.9 51 10.6 15.7 174 31 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.9 9.74 4 850 1468 20.1 8.4 47 11.6 12.9 203 25 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.9 8.17 5 800 1989 18.6 1.0 31 17.5 8.9 233 26 310.9 311.9 290.9 327.0 5.15 6 750 2537 13.7 -1.2 36 14.9 5.8 241 28 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.1 4.67 7 700 3113 8.2 -2.9 45 11.1 2.7 245 27 311.6 312.4 290.4 325.5 4.42 8 650 3719 2.7 -6.1 52 8.8 -1.4 246 28 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.8 3.72 9 600 4360 -2.8 -11.4 51 8.7 -6.2 247 32 312.9 313.4 289.2 321.5 2.66 10 550 5043 -7.0 -23.0 27 16.0 -11.6 252 35 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.5 1.09 11 500 5779 -12.0 -26.6 29 14.6 -15.6 253 35 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.5 0.87 12 450 6576 -17.6 -31.5 29 13.9 -20.4 253 38 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.3 0.61 13 400 7447 -23.4 -37.9 25 14.5 -25.6 256 41 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.36 14 350 8410 -30.2 -44.2 24 14.0 -31.7 255 44 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.21 15 300 9488 -38.5 -50.6 27 12.1 -39.2 256 47 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 16 250 10712 -48.6 -53.6 56 5.0 -48.8 256 49 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 17 200 12156 -55.5 -64.8 31 9.3 -55.7 259 57 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13956 -62.2 -76.7 13 14.5 -62.4 255 56 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16453 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 258 43 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.48 m Freezing level: 625.24 mb = 4036.06 m = 13241.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.15 mb = 3505.72 m = 11501.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.08 mb = 1797.02 m = 5895.66 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.53 mb = 3176.91 m = 10422.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.89 C = 92.99 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 370.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 323.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.26 mb = 2355.31 m = 7727.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.26 mb = 3952.85 m = 12968.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.26 mb = 9686.78 m = 31780.40 ft B at Equ Level: 370.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.26 mb = 12435.34 m = 40797.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 126.61 m/s