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: 44.17,-100.44 Latitude: 44.17 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -39 1 950 399 SFC 928 595 18.8 7.5 48 11.3 12.1 216 19 298.2 299.4 288.3 318.7 7.00 3 900 861 16.1 6.7 54 9.4 10.7 219 31 298.1 299.4 288.2 318.3 6.85 4 850 1343 11.9 5.4 65 6.5 8.3 219 34 298.6 299.8 288.2 318.2 6.65 5 800 1848 8.2 4.2 76 4.0 6.0 208 30 299.9 301.1 288.5 319.1 6.47 6 750 2378 4.5 1.4 80 3.1 2.9 203 28 301.4 302.5 288.2 318.4 5.65 7 700 2938 2.1 -2.4 72 4.5 -0.0 201 28 304.8 305.7 288.4 318.9 4.59 8 650 3533 -1.0 -5.6 71 4.6 -3.1 207 30 307.8 308.5 288.7 319.9 3.87 9 600 4168 -4.5 -9.4 69 4.9 -6.5 205 37 310.9 311.5 289.0 320.8 3.12 10 550 4848 -9.1 -13.5 71 4.3 -10.7 204 46 313.2 313.7 289.1 321.2 2.46 11 500 5578 -14.2 -16.6 82 2.4 -15.0 206 49 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.5 2.08 12 450 6368 -20.0 -21.7 86 1.7 -20.4 204 45 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.2 1.50 13 400 7230 -26.5 -27.1 94 0.7 -26.6 212 43 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.2 1.03 14 350 8182 -32.3 -41.4 40 9.1 -33.2 198 43 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.3 0.29 15 300 9264 -34.8 -61.2 5 26.4 -36.2 202 46 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 16 250 10522 -39.6 -66.6 4 27.1 -40.6 200 34 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02 17 200 12026 -46.4 -73.9 3 27.6 -47.1 200 42 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 18 150 13896 -55.9 -79.5 4 23.6 -56.2 218 50 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16436 -62.3 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.6 232 15 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.33 m Freezing level: 666.27 mb = 3339.22 m = 10955.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.66 mb = 2930.13 m = 9613.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.64 % Est. max temperature: 21.11 C = 70.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.54 mb = 2008.18 m = 6588.45 ft T: 7.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.75 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.32 mb = 2615.86 m = 8582.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9768.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.84 mb = 2099.77 m = 6888.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -36.7 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 14.79 m/s