MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 43.93,-93.07 Latitude: 43.93 Longitude: -93.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 961 380 24.2 16.7 63 7.4 19.1 214 15 300.7 303.0 293.7 337.6 12.57 2 950 479 22.9 16.0 65 6.9 18.2 216 21 300.4 302.6 293.3 335.9 12.09 3 900 947 18.5 14.8 79 3.7 16.0 221 27 300.6 302.7 293.1 335.3 11.81 4 850 1435 14.5 13.1 91 1.4 13.6 226 31 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.3 11.19 5 800 1946 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 231 35 303.0 304.9 292.4 332.4 9.89 6 750 2482 7.8 6.5 92 1.2 7.1 233 37 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.15 7 700 3050 6.3 -1.7 57 7.9 2.2 238 38 309.4 310.3 290.1 324.5 4.83 8 650 3654 3.1 -11.1 34 14.2 -2.7 241 42 312.5 313.0 288.9 320.7 2.53 9 600 4298 -1.1 -17.6 27 16.5 -6.8 232 48 314.9 315.2 288.8 320.2 1.60 10 550 4984 -7.0 -19.6 36 12.5 -11.0 230 51 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.7 1.47 11 500 5718 -13.3 -22.0 48 8.8 -15.7 234 54 316.9 317.1 289.2 321.3 1.31 12 450 6510 -19.4 -24.7 63 5.3 -20.7 233 62 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.8 1.15 13 400 7374 -26.2 -28.5 81 2.3 -26.6 238 77 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.2 0.91 14 350 8325 -33.4 -34.4 91 0.9 -33.6 241 86 323.6 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.59 15 300 9391 -40.2 -52.6 26 12.3 -40.9 248 100 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.10 16 250 10617 -46.8 -61.1 18 14.3 -47.3 257 120 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.6 0.04 17 200 12063 -56.3 -66.6 26 10.3 -56.5 259 126 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13863 -60.8 -78.0 9 17.1 -61.0 261 105 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16387 -60.2 -84.2 3 24.0 -60.5 254 51 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.08 m Freezing level: 612.84 mb = 4132.54 m = 13558.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.45 mb = 3317.21 m = 10883.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.59 mb = 1319.38 m = 4328.62 ft T: 15.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1557.75 m = 5110.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 26.31 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1026.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.19 mb = 1422.99 m = 4668.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.19 mb = 1776.85 m = 5829.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 696.19 mb = 3094.86 m = 10153.60 ft B at Equ Level: 30.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.19 mb = 13609.83 m = 44651.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 17.75 Bulk Shear: 57.81 m/s