MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 47.57,-95.93 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -95.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 963 378 24.1 11.5 45 12.6 16.1 200 17 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.7 8.88 2 950 492 22.3 11.1 49 11.2 15.3 202 25 299.8 301.4 290.4 325.5 8.75 3 900 959 18.0 10.3 61 7.7 13.3 211 30 300.1 301.7 290.6 326.0 8.80 4 850 1448 17.6 9.0 57 8.6 12.3 240 28 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.2 8.53 5 800 1965 16.2 6.4 52 9.8 10.3 233 24 308.4 309.9 292.2 331.6 7.57 6 750 2512 13.6 3.5 50 10.1 7.8 217 28 311.3 312.6 292.2 331.7 6.56 7 700 3089 9.5 -0.3 50 9.8 4.2 216 29 313.0 314.0 291.7 329.8 5.35 8 650 3699 4.9 -3.4 55 8.3 0.7 217 29 314.5 315.3 291.4 329.0 4.57 9 600 4346 -0.7 -5.3 71 4.6 -2.9 220 29 315.3 316.2 291.5 329.1 4.31 10 550 5034 -5.9 -9.3 77 3.3 -7.4 227 31 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.2 3.45 11 500 5774 -10.7 -14.2 75 3.5 -12.0 225 31 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.4 2.54 12 450 6577 -15.8 -20.1 70 4.3 -17.1 226 33 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.2 1.72 13 400 7455 -21.3 -30.0 46 8.6 -23.1 225 35 327.3 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.79 14 350 8424 -29.5 -37.4 46 7.9 -30.6 227 36 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.44 15 300 9502 -38.7 -44.3 56 5.6 -39.2 236 31 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.25 16 250 10727 -48.6 -51.4 72 2.9 -48.7 230 34 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12157 -59.3 -59.5 98 0.2 -59.3 233 48 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 18 150 13949 -60.9 -77.9 9 17.0 -61.1 261 49 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16433 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.1 -62.9 247 29 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.46 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4265.62 m = 13994.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.89 mb = 3825.86 m = 12551.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.83 mb = 1967.25 m = 6454.16 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.59 mb = 3591.12 m = 11781.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.65 C = 99.77 F Cap Strength: 7.59 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.49 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 27.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6290.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.09 mb = 2017.62 m = 6619.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.6 neg: -13.7 tot: 92.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.32 Bulk Shear: 10.02 m/s