MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 44.1,-99.1 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -25 1 950 415 SFC 940 509 22.8 3.5 28 19.3 12.1 207 20 301.3 302.2 287.8 317.0 5.23 3 900 883 20.0 2.5 31 17.5 10.4 210 37 302.1 303.1 287.9 317.5 5.09 4 850 1371 15.8 1.2 37 14.7 8.0 206 40 302.7 303.6 287.9 317.6 4.90 5 800 1882 11.6 -0.0 45 11.6 5.6 198 40 303.6 304.4 288.1 318.1 4.78 6 750 2417 7.4 -1.7 53 9.0 2.9 199 48 304.6 305.4 288.2 318.4 4.51 7 700 2981 3.2 -5.6 53 8.8 -0.8 208 61 306.0 306.7 287.8 317.2 3.59 8 650 3578 0.2 -12.0 39 12.2 -4.5 209 63 309.2 309.6 287.6 316.7 2.35 9 600 4215 -3.3 -19.4 28 16.1 -8.5 199 59 312.3 312.5 287.7 316.8 1.37 10 550 4896 -8.8 -24.0 28 15.2 -12.9 196 57 313.6 313.8 287.8 317.0 1.00 11 500 5626 -14.6 -27.9 31 13.3 -17.6 199 55 315.2 315.4 288.1 317.9 0.77 12 450 6413 -20.9 -32.7 34 11.8 -23.0 197 53 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.8 0.54 13 400 7273 -26.4 -42.8 20 16.4 -28.3 193 62 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.5 0.22 14 350 8230 -30.1 -57.6 5 27.5 -31.9 193 67 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 15 300 9315 -35.1 -61.6 5 26.5 -36.5 188 68 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 16 250 10566 -42.3 -64.6 7 22.2 -43.2 197 61 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12052 -48.4 -72.7 4 24.3 -49.0 199 67 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 13920 -56.5 -79.5 4 22.9 -56.8 208 41 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16448 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.9 233 17 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.68 m Freezing level: 647.02 mb = 3615.72 m = 11862.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.84 mb = 2855.12 m = 9367.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.98 mb = 2922.71 m = 9588.83 ft T: 3.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 1.64 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.73 mb = 4178.80 m = 13709.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.44 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.43 C Cross Totals Index: 15.78 C K Index: 22.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10398.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.82 mb = 3087.01 m = 10127.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.7 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 231.7 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 239.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 62.43 m/s