MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 42.96,-101.86 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -101.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 236 1 950 656 SFC 906 1038 1.9 1.6 98 0.3 1.7 56 5 282.9 283.7 279.6 296.1 4.73 3 900 1093 0.8 0.6 99 0.2 0.7 56 6 282.3 283.1 279.0 294.8 4.45 4 850 1551 -1.3 -1.5 99 0.2 -1.4 55 9 284.7 285.4 279.6 296.1 4.03 5 800 2034 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.2 -1.6 356 8 289.5 290.3 282.0 301.7 4.21 6 750 2548 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 325 14 293.8 294.6 283.8 306.0 4.13 7 700 3094 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.1 290 19 298.1 298.8 285.3 310.0 3.95 8 650 3680 -3.8 -4.0 99 0.2 -3.8 260 37 304.7 305.5 288.1 318.1 4.39 9 600 4308 -7.7 -8.6 93 1.0 -8.1 270 39 307.2 307.9 288.0 317.6 3.32 10 550 4980 -11.8 -12.5 95 0.6 -12.1 266 42 310.0 310.5 288.3 318.5 2.66 11 500 5704 -16.5 -16.9 97 0.3 -16.6 255 45 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.6 2.04 12 450 6487 -22.3 -23.2 93 0.9 -22.5 252 52 315.2 315.5 288.6 319.6 1.32 13 400 7342 -27.9 -31.8 70 3.9 -28.5 251 67 318.7 318.8 289.0 321.0 0.67 14 350 8289 -34.0 -41.1 49 7.1 -34.7 251 78 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.30 15 300 9351 -41.7 -46.9 56 5.3 -42.0 253 87 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.19 16 250 10561 -51.1 -53.5 76 2.4 -51.2 256 93 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 17 200 11981 -58.1 -64.0 47 5.9 -58.2 256 90 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.04 18 150 13793 -57.5 -78.9 5 21.3 -57.8 259 79 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16339 -59.3 -84.1 3 24.8 -59.6 269 53 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5467.62 m Freezing level: 881.11 mb = 1266.23 m = 4154.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 883.10 mb = 1245.10 m = 4084.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.83 % Est. max temperature: 12.00 C = 53.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.05 mb = 1075.11 m = 3527.23 ft T: 1.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 1.31 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1419.41 m = 4656.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.01 C = 37.43 F Cap Strength: 13.45 C Lifted Index: 14.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.34 C Showalter Index: 15.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.02 C K Index: 13.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 64.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.22 mb = 1529.79 m = 5018.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.22 mb = 1576.77 m = 5173.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.22 mb = 1671.45 m = 5483.68 ft B at Equ Level: 25.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 797.22 mb = 2061.75 m = 6764.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.3 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -59.3 tot: -11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 203.00 m/s