MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 44.64,-93.19 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 977 298 22.2 10.2 46 12.1 14.9 174 15 297.3 298.8 288.9 320.6 7.99 2 950 543 19.5 9.0 51 10.4 13.3 180 27 296.9 298.3 288.5 319.2 7.62 3 900 1007 19.4 7.9 47 11.5 12.5 200 42 301.5 302.8 289.9 323.6 7.45 4 850 1496 15.8 5.9 52 9.8 10.1 199 40 302.7 303.9 289.8 323.3 6.88 5 800 2007 12.2 2.0 50 10.2 6.7 198 36 304.2 305.2 289.0 321.0 5.53 6 750 2545 9.7 -5.7 33 15.4 2.6 200 30 307.2 307.8 287.9 317.6 3.34 7 700 3115 7.0 -11.5 25 18.4 -0.6 202 25 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.5 2.27 8 650 3719 3.0 -16.2 23 19.2 -4.0 203 24 312.3 312.7 288.0 317.8 1.66 9 600 4361 -1.5 -20.2 23 18.6 -7.5 204 29 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.7 1.28 10 550 5047 -6.4 -22.4 27 16.1 -11.1 203 33 316.5 316.8 288.9 320.4 1.15 11 500 5786 -10.6 -31.3 16 20.7 -15.2 197 34 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.2 0.56 12 450 6588 -15.3 -37.9 13 22.5 -19.3 191 31 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.33 13 400 7468 -20.7 -45.7 9 25.0 -23.9 192 31 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 14 350 8444 -26.6 -52.0 7 25.4 -29.0 199 35 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.09 15 300 9537 -35.3 -52.6 15 17.3 -36.5 204 37 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.10 16 250 10777 -46.1 -47.4 86 1.4 -46.2 206 39 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.21 17 200 12230 -54.9 -62.7 38 7.8 -55.1 207 47 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14030 -63.2 -77.3 13 14.1 -63.3 216 41 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16491 -67.3 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.4 220 25 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.58 m Freezing level: 617.07 mb = 4142.08 m = 13589.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.69 mb = 3001.45 m = 9847.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.64 mb = 1823.34 m = 5982.02 ft T: 13.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 6.12 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.23 mb = 3628.96 m = 11905.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.83 C = 98.30 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: 5.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.88 C Showalter Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 13.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 184.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8038.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.57 mb = 2159.11 m = 7083.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.1 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 229.1 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.3 neg: -52.6 tot: 121.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 12.04 m/s