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: 49.44,-94.14 Latitude: 49.44 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 961 348 17.6 15.9 90 1.6 16.5 208 13 294.0 296.2 291.2 328.1 11.93 2 950 447 17.2 15.5 90 1.7 16.1 207 23 294.6 296.8 291.2 328.3 11.75 3 900 908 15.0 13.6 91 1.4 14.1 203 37 296.9 298.9 291.3 328.6 10.91 4 850 1391 12.6 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 203 41 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.6 9.98 5 800 1898 9.7 9.0 95 0.7 9.3 205 42 301.5 303.2 291.2 328.3 9.04 6 750 2432 6.9 6.2 95 0.7 6.5 206 41 304.0 305.5 291.1 327.9 7.95 7 700 2997 3.5 3.2 97 0.4 3.3 206 41 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.3 6.88 8 650 3595 -0.1 -0.3 98 0.2 -0.2 205 41 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.7 5.78 9 600 4233 -3.0 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 201 44 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.1 4.93 10 550 4918 -6.8 -7.5 95 0.6 -7.1 195 51 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.7 3.97 11 500 5656 -11.5 -11.9 97 0.4 -11.6 192 57 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.1 3.08 12 450 6456 -16.4 -16.5 99 0.2 -16.4 196 50 322.7 323.1 291.9 330.5 2.33 13 400 7331 -22.6 -22.9 98 0.2 -22.7 198 47 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.9 1.52 14 350 8297 -30.2 -33.6 72 3.5 -30.7 203 50 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.64 15 300 9373 -39.0 -43.3 64 4.3 -39.4 202 63 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.28 16 250 10599 -47.4 -51.6 62 4.2 -47.6 196 85 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12045 -55.4 -66.1 25 10.7 -55.6 205 87 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13876 -57.5 -78.7 5 21.1 -57.8 220 53 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16406 -61.7 -84.3 3 22.6 -61.9 223 32 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.82 m Freezing level: 650.96 mb = 3583.46 m = 11756.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3566.94 m = 11702.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.50 mb = 550.89 m = 1807.36 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 1.91 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1296.15 m = 4252.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.37 C = 72.27 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.26 mb = 999.59 m = 3279.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.26 mb = 2706.69 m = 8880.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 595.26 mb = 4295.48 m = 14092.59 ft B at Equ Level: 34.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 455.26 mb = 6367.52 m = 20890.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 39.90 m/s