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: 46.33,-98.55 Latitude: 46.33 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 955 454 22.7 14.9 61 7.8 17.5 164 12 299.7 301.8 292.4 332.5 11.20 2 950 499 23.5 14.6 58 8.8 17.6 167 18 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.6 11.07 3 900 970 20.2 13.3 65 6.8 15.7 178 30 302.3 304.3 292.8 334.1 10.75 4 850 1460 15.9 12.0 77 4.0 13.4 189 32 302.8 304.8 292.7 333.7 10.39 5 800 1973 14.0 6.6 61 7.4 9.6 219 27 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.3 7.68 6 750 2516 12.1 -2.3 37 14.4 4.8 234 26 309.7 310.5 289.7 323.2 4.31 7 700 3089 7.5 -5.6 39 13.1 1.4 244 27 310.8 311.5 289.5 322.2 3.60 8 650 3694 2.1 -7.0 51 9.1 -2.0 239 30 311.4 312.0 289.5 322.4 3.47 9 600 4333 -3.9 -8.5 71 4.5 -5.8 234 31 311.6 312.2 289.5 322.3 3.36 10 550 5012 -9.9 -11.5 88 1.6 -10.5 228 33 312.3 312.9 289.2 321.6 2.89 11 500 5741 -13.9 -23.6 44 9.7 -16.4 242 38 316.1 316.3 288.7 320.0 1.14 12 450 6533 -19.1 -27.1 49 8.0 -20.8 246 39 319.2 319.4 289.5 322.4 0.92 13 400 7399 -24.6 -35.2 37 10.6 -26.3 252 43 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.48 14 350 8359 -31.2 -43.8 28 12.7 -32.4 252 44 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 15 300 9431 -39.7 -47.0 46 7.3 -40.2 251 51 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.19 16 250 10651 -49.6 -50.5 89 1.0 -49.6 253 57 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.15 17 200 12084 -56.2 -64.1 36 8.0 -56.3 255 67 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13890 -60.6 -77.3 9 16.7 -60.7 255 64 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16408 -61.1 -84.0 3 22.9 -61.4 258 42 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.76 m Freezing level: 632.50 mb = 3917.42 m = 12852.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.53 mb = 3331.48 m = 10929.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.34 mb = 1446.33 m = 4745.11 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.61 mb = 2756.75 m = 9044.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.96 C = 91.33 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 28.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 825.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.38 mb = 1791.32 m = 5876.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.38 mb = 3663.89 m = 12020.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.38 mb = 10849.70 m = 35595.68 ft B at Equ Level: 820.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.38 mb = 13391.79 m = 43935.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 9.72 Bulk Shear: 84.97 m/s