MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 48.16,-93.98 Latitude: 48.16 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 224 SFC 981 379 -5.0 -5.7 95 0.7 -5.3 337 4 269.6 270.0 269.0 276.5 2.54 2 950 629 -3.8 -6.8 79 3.0 -4.8 2 19 273.3 273.7 271.1 280.0 2.41 3 900 1054 -6.4 -9.9 76 3.5 -7.5 360 21 274.9 275.2 271.4 280.5 2.00 4 850 1498 -8.7 -14.9 61 6.3 -10.3 359 20 277.1 277.3 271.8 281.1 1.41 5 800 1967 -9.1 -25.1 26 15.9 -12.3 357 20 281.4 281.5 273.1 283.3 0.62 6 750 2465 -10.9 -30.5 18 19.6 -14.2 349 20 284.8 284.8 274.6 286.0 0.40 7 700 2992 -13.2 -36.6 12 23.5 -16.5 342 22 287.9 287.9 276.0 288.7 0.24 8 650 3554 -15.5 -38.0 13 22.5 -18.5 338 25 291.4 291.5 277.7 292.2 0.22 9 600 4154 -18.7 -37.5 17 18.8 -21.1 332 30 294.5 294.5 279.2 295.3 0.25 10 550 4797 -22.7 -42.6 14 19.9 -24.7 325 34 297.2 297.2 280.3 297.7 0.16 11 500 5489 -27.7 -49.0 11 21.3 -29.2 321 37 299.3 299.3 281.1 299.6 0.09 12 450 6239 -32.0 -49.5 16 17.5 -33.1 325 42 303.1 303.1 282.7 303.4 0.09 13 400 7061 -37.6 -53.1 18 15.5 -38.4 327 45 306.1 306.1 284.0 306.4 0.07 14 350 7968 -44.0 -54.6 30 10.6 -44.4 321 43 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.6 0.07 15 300 8988 -49.6 -59.0 32 9.4 -49.8 318 46 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.7 0.04 16 250 10177 -50.9 -66.7 14 15.9 -51.2 318 55 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.02 17 200 11626 -51.7 -76.5 4 24.8 -52.1 304 55 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13487 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 288 59 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 19 100 16092 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.3 297 48 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5264.79 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.74 % Est. max temperature: 4.00 C = 39.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.74 mb = 466.18 m = 1529.44 ft T: -4.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 980.6--3910119490600262696960.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2486.70 m = 8158.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.16 C = 50.29 F Cap Strength: 15.38 C Lifted Index: 16.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.70 C Showalter Index: 15.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.02 C Cross Totals Index: 12.76 C K Index: -19.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19519.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.61 mb = 1170.20 m = 3839.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.9 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 5.9 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -0.6 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 27.79 m/s