MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 45.72,-96.26 Latitude: 45.72 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 966 334 18.9 14.5 76 4.4 16.1 259 10 295.0 296.9 290.6 326.0 10.82 2 950 476 18.0 13.8 76 4.2 15.3 264 16 295.5 297.4 290.5 325.7 10.49 3 900 937 14.9 11.9 82 3.0 13.1 250 22 296.9 298.7 290.3 325.3 9.80 4 850 1420 11.9 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 232 25 298.7 300.3 290.2 324.7 8.92 5 800 1926 9.2 6.9 85 2.3 7.8 222 30 300.9 302.4 290.0 324.0 7.80 6 750 2458 5.6 3.6 87 1.9 4.5 217 32 302.6 303.8 289.5 322.5 6.64 7 700 3019 1.7 -0.1 88 1.8 0.8 214 34 304.4 305.4 289.0 320.8 5.42 8 650 3613 -1.5 -4.5 80 3.0 -2.9 212 35 307.3 308.0 288.9 320.4 4.23 9 600 4246 -5.6 -9.7 72 4.2 -7.2 215 39 309.7 310.3 288.5 319.3 3.04 10 550 4922 -10.1 -15.7 64 5.5 -11.9 217 44 312.1 312.5 288.3 318.8 2.05 11 500 5650 -14.5 -22.2 52 7.7 -16.6 212 47 315.3 315.6 288.6 319.7 1.29 12 450 6441 -19.6 -28.0 47 8.5 -21.3 204 54 318.7 318.8 289.2 321.6 0.85 13 400 7305 -25.6 -35.6 39 9.9 -27.1 195 62 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.3 0.46 14 350 8258 -32.8 -40.0 49 7.2 -33.6 185 70 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.34 15 300 9329 -38.0 -56.5 13 18.5 -38.9 182 80 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.06 16 250 10570 -43.4 -64.9 8 21.4 -44.2 194 82 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 17 200 12051 -50.6 -69.3 9 18.7 -51.0 193 64 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.02 18 150 13908 -55.5 -79.5 4 24.0 -55.9 211 45 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16441 -62.8 -83.8 4 21.0 -63.0 220 26 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.70 m Freezing level: 673.47 mb = 3334.01 m = 10938.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.24 mb = 3142.85 m = 10311.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.38 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.26 mb = 887.66 m = 2912.22 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 7.27 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1574.51 m = 5165.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.26 C = 73.86 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.63 mb = 1227.00 m = 4025.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.63 mb = 2516.29 m = 8255.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.63 mb = 7220.42 m = 23688.76 ft B at Equ Level: 156.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 304.63 mb = 9222.44 m = 30256.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -14.0 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 84.45 m/s