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: 45.33,-97.34 Latitude: 45.33 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 452 SFC 941 534 17.5 15.5 88 2.0 16.2 72 9 295.8 297.9 291.7 329.9 11.86 3 900 916 17.9 13.8 77 4.1 15.2 108 17 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.4 11.08 4 850 1405 16.1 11.5 74 4.6 13.2 160 19 303.0 304.9 292.5 333.0 10.09 5 800 1918 13.0 9.0 77 4.0 10.5 181 29 305.0 306.6 292.3 332.1 9.03 6 750 2459 10.6 4.9 68 5.6 7.3 197 44 308.0 309.4 291.8 330.3 7.28 7 700 3032 8.0 0.1 58 7.9 3.8 203 43 311.3 312.3 291.3 328.5 5.51 8 650 3638 3.2 -4.4 57 7.7 -0.4 209 43 312.6 313.4 290.6 326.1 4.24 9 600 4281 -1.9 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.2 213 48 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.7 3.04 10 550 4966 -6.9 -19.0 37 12.1 -10.8 217 50 315.9 316.2 289.0 321.1 1.55 11 500 5703 -11.6 -28.0 24 16.4 -15.6 217 47 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.6 0.76 12 450 6501 -17.3 -41.7 10 24.4 -21.0 217 43 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.22 13 400 7371 -24.2 -41.2 19 17.0 -26.4 222 44 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.26 14 350 8329 -32.1 -47.9 19 15.8 -33.4 227 52 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.14 15 300 9397 -40.6 -49.6 37 9.0 -41.2 234 64 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.14 16 250 10616 -48.8 -59.6 27 10.8 -49.1 233 62 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 17 200 12053 -57.3 -65.6 34 8.3 -57.5 222 63 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13874 -57.3 -78.7 5 21.5 -57.5 236 47 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16418 -60.3 -83.6 3 23.4 -60.6 246 27 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.14 m Freezing level: 618.41 mb = 4044.50 m = 13269.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.32 mb = 3571.50 m = 11717.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.57 mb = 787.32 m = 2583.03 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 11.98 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2389.25 m = 7838.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.29 mb = 1501.87 m = 4927.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.29 mb = 4210.67 m = 13814.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.29 mb = 10219.10 m = 33526.83 ft B at Equ Level: 407.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.29 mb = 12536.92 m = 41131.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.5 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 235.5 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 491.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 491.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 263.45 m/s