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: 47.68,-97.44 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 968 307 18.4 13.9 75 4.5 15.5 338 4 294.3 296.2 290.0 324.1 10.40 2 950 465 16.6 13.3 81 3.2 14.6 341 5 294.0 295.9 289.7 323.2 10.18 3 900 924 14.5 12.1 85 2.5 13.0 206 8 296.5 298.2 290.3 325.0 9.87 4 850 1407 12.6 11.0 90 1.7 11.6 201 20 299.4 301.2 291.1 327.9 9.72 5 800 1914 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 207 25 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.6 9.34 6 750 2450 7.7 7.1 96 0.6 7.3 200 31 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.46 7 700 3018 6.3 3.8 84 2.5 4.8 190 42 309.4 310.8 292.1 331.5 7.18 8 650 3625 3.6 -1.0 72 4.6 1.3 198 51 313.1 314.1 291.8 330.3 5.50 9 600 4269 -1.6 -3.7 85 2.1 -2.6 203 51 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.7 4.85 10 550 4956 -6.3 -8.3 86 2.0 -7.2 206 51 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.71 11 500 5695 -11.1 -12.8 87 1.8 -11.8 207 47 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.85 12 450 6496 -16.2 -18.4 83 2.1 -16.9 201 47 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.7 2.00 13 400 7372 -22.5 -24.2 86 1.7 -22.9 198 52 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.5 1.35 14 350 8338 -30.1 -30.5 96 0.5 -30.2 198 55 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.3 0.86 15 300 9415 -39.2 -39.2 100 -0.0 -39.2 195 52 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.43 16 250 10636 -49.2 -50.1 90 1.0 -49.3 206 63 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.16 17 200 12074 -55.6 -63.9 35 8.3 -55.8 210 64 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.04 18 150 13896 -58.6 -78.7 6 20.1 -58.9 214 52 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16414 -61.1 -83.9 3 22.9 -61.3 225 32 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.50 m Freezing level: 615.20 mb = 4073.01 m = 13362.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3827.28 m = 12556.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.46 mb = 872.58 m = 2862.75 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 0.93 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1792.63 m = 5881.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6564.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.86 mb = 1124.65 m = 3689.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.1 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 232.1 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 6.1 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.0 neg: -16.1 tot: 171.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 189.81 m/s