MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 46.41,-97.23 Latitude: 46.41 Longitude: -97.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 961 328 27.9 10.7 34 17.2 17.0 180 18 304.5 306.0 291.6 329.7 8.43 2 950 430 26.2 10.1 36 16.1 16.1 182 25 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.3 8.19 3 900 902 21.5 9.1 45 12.5 13.8 184 29 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.8 8.06 4 850 1393 16.9 8.0 56 8.9 11.5 185 28 303.8 305.3 291.0 327.6 7.93 5 800 1906 12.1 6.7 70 5.3 8.9 187 27 304.0 305.4 290.9 327.2 7.74 6 750 2443 7.3 4.6 83 2.7 5.8 190 27 304.5 305.8 290.6 326.0 7.13 7 700 3007 2.8 -0.3 80 3.1 1.3 193 31 305.6 306.6 289.3 322.0 5.36 8 650 3602 -0.8 -9.1 53 8.3 -4.2 198 40 308.1 308.6 287.9 317.4 2.96 9 600 4236 -5.4 -9.7 72 4.3 -7.1 198 49 309.9 310.5 288.6 319.6 3.05 10 550 4915 -9.3 -10.8 89 1.5 -9.9 197 60 313.1 313.7 289.6 322.9 3.06 11 500 5646 -13.2 -15.8 80 2.7 -14.0 191 64 317.0 317.4 290.1 324.4 2.23 12 450 6442 -18.0 -25.5 52 7.5 -19.8 183 69 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.07 13 400 7312 -24.0 -35.7 33 11.7 -25.8 179 71 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.45 14 350 8271 -31.9 -39.9 45 8.0 -32.8 175 75 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.34 15 300 9340 -40.3 -46.1 53 5.9 -40.7 171 75 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.20 16 250 10563 -46.3 -60.7 18 14.4 -46.8 182 72 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 17 200 12029 -50.5 -71.7 6 21.2 -50.9 196 61 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13878 -57.2 -80.0 4 22.7 -57.5 219 57 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16412 -61.2 -84.2 3 23.0 -61.4 233 33 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.45 m Freezing level: 660.98 mb = 3471.64 m = 11389.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.53 mb = 3139.43 m = 10299.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.39 mb = 2471.15 m = 8107.35 ft T: 7.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.40 mb = 2581.08 m = 8467.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 173.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.97 mb = 2464.77 m = 8086.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.97 mb = 2742.66 m = 8998.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.97 mb = 7076.34 m = 23216.05 ft B at Equ Level: 172.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.97 mb = 10224.07 m = 33543.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.9 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 221.9 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.3 neg: -8.5 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 42.07 m/s