MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 44.96,-98.50 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 968 393 19.4 11.4 60 8.0 14.4 158 14 295.3 296.8 288.9 320.5 8.75 2 950 553 19.7 10.1 54 9.6 13.8 164 26 297.2 298.7 289.0 321.0 8.18 3 900 1020 20.9 7.2 41 13.7 12.8 188 39 303.0 304.4 290.1 324.4 7.11 4 850 1512 18.0 6.7 47 11.3 11.3 197 34 305.0 306.4 290.9 327.0 7.26 5 800 2027 14.3 6.9 61 7.4 9.9 203 26 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.1 7.83 6 750 2569 10.2 5.6 73 4.6 7.5 205 20 307.7 309.1 291.9 330.8 7.61 7 700 3140 6.2 1.8 73 4.4 3.8 205 18 309.4 310.5 291.3 328.6 6.24 8 650 3743 1.7 -1.6 79 3.3 0.0 213 19 310.9 311.8 290.9 327.2 5.24 9 600 4384 -1.9 -8.3 62 6.4 -4.7 226 15 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.9 3.42 10 550 5070 -6.6 -10.8 72 4.2 -8.2 233 15 316.3 316.9 290.6 326.2 3.05 11 500 5808 -11.5 -13.4 86 1.9 -12.2 238 15 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.1 2.73 12 450 6608 -16.7 -18.8 84 2.1 -17.3 241 13 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.8 1.92 13 400 7482 -23.3 -24.0 95 0.6 -23.5 241 11 324.7 324.9 291.6 329.5 1.38 14 350 8444 -30.7 -31.7 91 1.0 -30.9 268 12 327.3 327.5 291.7 330.1 0.77 15 300 9525 -37.3 -48.6 30 11.3 -38.1 234 23 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.15 16 250 10756 -47.2 -51.0 65 3.8 -47.4 221 18 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.14 17 200 12222 -50.2 -66.0 14 15.8 -50.7 228 33 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.4 0.03 18 150 14075 -57.0 -80.3 4 23.3 -57.3 215 24 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16584 -64.6 -83.2 6 18.6 -64.8 223 13 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.89 m Freezing level: 626.62 mb = 4042.63 m = 13263.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.79 mb = 3745.38 m = 12287.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.38 mb = 1417.23 m = 4649.64 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 5.95 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.46 mb = 3418.02 m = 11213.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.02 C = 93.24 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.45 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8457.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.65 mb = 2330.24 m = 7645.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.7 neg: -20.5 tot: 200.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 34.07 m/s