MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 46.53,-97.05 Latitude: 46.53 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -22 SFC 963 308 23.8 12.5 49 11.3 16.5 158 14 300.2 301.9 291.2 328.1 9.49 2 950 422 23.6 12.0 48 11.5 16.2 164 22 301.1 302.8 291.3 328.7 9.34 3 900 891 19.9 10.4 54 9.5 14.0 177 31 302.0 303.6 291.2 328.2 8.83 4 850 1380 15.9 7.9 59 8.0 11.1 189 35 302.8 304.3 290.7 326.4 7.89 5 800 1892 11.9 4.4 60 7.6 7.7 203 36 303.9 305.1 289.9 323.6 6.55 6 750 2428 6.9 1.3 67 5.6 3.9 207 35 304.1 305.1 289.0 321.0 5.59 7 700 2990 1.9 -2.1 75 4.0 -0.0 203 36 304.6 305.5 288.4 318.9 4.68 8 650 3584 -2.0 -7.4 66 5.4 -4.3 196 34 306.7 307.3 287.8 317.2 3.37 9 600 4214 -6.8 -15.1 52 8.3 -9.6 194 36 308.2 308.6 286.9 314.5 1.97 10 550 4887 -11.4 -23.9 35 12.6 -14.6 200 49 310.6 310.8 286.7 314.0 1.00 11 500 5612 -15.1 -29.7 28 14.6 -18.1 196 65 314.6 314.8 287.7 316.9 0.65 12 450 6402 -19.2 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.8 184 65 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.6 1.01 13 400 7270 -24.0 -31.8 49 7.7 -25.4 175 77 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.67 14 350 8230 -31.3 -40.7 39 9.4 -32.3 175 79 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.31 15 300 9303 -39.2 -51.5 26 12.3 -39.9 179 72 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.11 16 250 10533 -45.3 -62.9 12 17.6 -45.9 188 71 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.03 17 200 12011 -48.4 -73.2 4 24.7 -49.0 202 59 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 13873 -56.9 -80.4 4 23.5 -57.2 223 47 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16402 -60.9 -84.8 3 23.8 -61.2 232 32 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.72 m Freezing level: 675.45 mb = 3281.59 m = 10766.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.49 mb = 2984.45 m = 9791.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.94 mb = 1736.09 m = 5695.76 ft T: 13.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.72 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.74 mb = 2310.01 m = 7578.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.59 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.91 mb = 2039.83 m = 6692.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.91 mb = 2527.39 m = 8291.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.91 mb = 7253.41 m = 23797.00 ft B at Equ Level: 410.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.91 mb = 10778.45 m = 35361.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.4 neg: -8.2 tot: 194.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 67.82 m/s