MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 44.98,-96.97 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 1 950 448 SFC 938 556 18.3 15.1 81 3.2 16.2 64 9 296.8 298.9 291.8 330.2 11.55 3 900 914 19.8 12.7 64 7.0 15.3 113 16 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.5 10.34 4 850 1406 17.9 9.7 59 8.1 12.8 175 19 304.9 306.5 292.2 331.7 8.94 5 800 1923 15.7 6.5 54 9.2 10.2 198 37 307.9 309.3 292.0 331.0 7.60 6 750 2468 12.5 4.0 56 8.5 7.6 197 51 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.2 6.82 7 700 3042 7.6 2.2 69 5.4 4.6 200 50 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.9 6.43 8 650 3649 2.9 -1.2 75 4.0 0.8 207 43 312.2 313.2 291.5 329.1 5.40 9 600 4291 -2.1 -6.9 70 4.8 -4.3 213 50 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.8 3.80 10 550 4976 -7.1 -12.1 67 5.0 -9.1 218 53 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.74 11 500 5713 -11.5 -26.2 29 14.7 -15.2 219 46 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.2 0.90 12 450 6511 -17.2 -38.3 14 21.1 -20.7 220 44 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.31 13 400 7383 -23.6 -44.8 12 21.2 -26.1 224 44 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.18 14 350 8343 -31.5 -50.0 14 18.5 -33.0 229 48 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.11 15 300 9413 -40.3 -52.4 26 12.1 -41.0 236 60 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.10 16 250 10634 -48.3 -61.8 20 13.5 -48.6 237 56 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 17 200 12072 -57.5 -65.5 36 7.9 -57.7 226 59 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 18 150 13889 -57.5 -78.7 5 21.2 -57.8 240 50 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16425 -60.9 -83.5 4 22.6 -61.2 236 29 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.22 m Freezing level: 621.15 mb = 4019.31 m = 13186.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.25 mb = 3744.88 m = 12286.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.08 mb = 970.79 m = 3184.95 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.04 mb = 2912.29 m = 9554.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 302.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.44 mb = 1896.76 m = 6222.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.44 mb = 4192.08 m = 13753.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.44 mb = 9936.60 m = 32600.01 ft B at Equ Level: 310.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.44 mb = 12153.61 m = 39873.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 472.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 288.06 m/s