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: 46.67,-99.1 Latitude: 46.67 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 51 1 950 492 SFC 943 561 21.7 14.2 62 7.6 16.8 158 11 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.7 10.85 3 900 962 20.6 12.9 61 7.7 15.6 173 27 302.7 304.6 292.7 333.7 10.44 4 850 1453 16.5 11.2 71 5.3 13.1 186 29 303.5 305.3 292.5 332.9 9.88 5 800 1967 13.7 7.4 66 6.3 9.9 218 27 305.7 307.2 291.7 330.1 8.08 6 750 2509 11.8 -3.5 34 15.3 4.2 238 25 309.4 310.1 289.3 321.7 3.93 7 700 3082 7.2 -6.3 38 13.5 1.0 243 28 310.4 311.1 289.1 321.3 3.41 8 650 3685 1.6 -6.8 54 8.4 -2.1 240 32 310.8 311.5 289.3 322.0 3.54 9 600 4323 -4.3 -8.6 72 4.3 -6.1 237 34 311.1 311.8 289.3 321.7 3.34 10 550 5002 -9.6 -14.6 67 5.0 -11.3 237 35 312.7 313.1 288.7 320.0 2.24 11 500 5731 -14.2 -22.1 51 7.9 -16.3 238 36 315.7 316.0 288.8 320.1 1.30 12 450 6523 -19.3 -27.3 49 8.0 -21.1 243 40 318.9 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.91 13 400 7388 -25.0 -34.3 41 9.4 -26.5 250 43 322.5 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.52 14 350 8345 -31.9 -41.6 38 9.6 -33.0 250 47 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.29 15 300 9415 -40.2 -45.0 60 4.8 -40.5 251 55 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.23 16 250 10632 -49.8 -50.4 94 0.6 -49.8 251 59 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.15 17 200 12064 -56.2 -65.3 31 9.1 -56.3 253 70 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13875 -59.7 -77.6 8 17.8 -59.9 254 65 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16399 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.4 258 39 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.69 m Freezing level: 636.39 mb = 3858.79 m = 12659.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.59 mb = 3262.99 m = 10705.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.05 mb = 1522.91 m = 4996.36 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.40 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2799.60 m = 9184.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 28.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 494.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 806.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.00 mb = 1914.54 m = 6281.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.00 mb = 3560.75 m = 11682.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.00 mb = 10632.30 m = 34882.46 ft B at Equ Level: 806.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.00 mb = 13086.75 m = 42935.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 256.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 8.12 Bulk Shear: 99.30 m/s