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: 44.58,-96.5 Latitude: 44.58 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 1 950 433 SFC 940 528 25.7 9.0 35 16.7 15.4 179 24 304.2 305.6 291.0 327.4 7.70 3 900 906 23.0 8.3 39 14.7 14.0 183 45 305.2 306.6 291.2 328.2 7.64 4 850 1400 18.8 7.2 47 11.6 11.9 189 49 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.7 7.54 5 800 1917 14.9 6.1 56 8.8 9.7 199 44 307.0 308.4 291.6 329.6 7.41 6 750 2459 10.4 5.1 70 5.3 7.3 212 43 307.9 309.2 291.8 330.4 7.38 7 700 3030 6.3 3.0 79 3.3 4.5 217 44 309.5 310.7 291.8 330.4 6.81 8 650 3634 2.5 -1.1 77 3.6 0.7 203 50 311.8 312.8 291.4 328.8 5.43 9 600 4277 -2.0 -3.4 90 1.4 -2.7 197 53 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.4 4.96 10 550 4964 -6.1 -13.3 57 7.2 -8.9 204 56 316.8 317.3 290.3 325.0 2.48 11 500 5703 -10.7 -15.2 70 4.5 -12.3 196 51 320.0 320.4 291.1 327.8 2.35 12 450 6506 -15.3 -32.1 22 16.8 -18.8 188 50 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.58 13 400 7385 -21.8 -46.5 9 24.7 -24.8 191 50 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 14 350 8352 -29.8 -48.6 14 18.9 -31.5 192 55 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.13 15 300 9429 -39.1 -48.2 38 9.1 -39.7 190 56 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 16 250 10655 -47.0 -59.1 24 12.2 -47.4 189 63 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 17 200 12113 -52.5 -69.5 11 16.9 -52.9 202 59 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13950 -58.0 -78.8 5 20.8 -58.2 219 55 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16464 -64.6 -83.2 6 18.6 -64.8 232 16 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.73 m Freezing level: 622.32 mb = 3990.16 m = 13090.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.23 mb = 3756.04 m = 12322.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 735.24 mb = 2623.77 m = 8608.06 ft T: 9.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 668.16 mb = 3409.67 m = 11186.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.15 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.97 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6378.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.80 mb = 2764.98 m = 9071.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.2 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 229.2 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.5 neg: -14.9 tot: 239.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 36.83 m/s