MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 47.61,-96.43 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 980 296 19.2 11.7 62 7.4 14.6 162 12 294.0 295.6 288.5 319.4 8.84 2 950 566 19.5 9.9 54 9.6 13.7 172 28 296.9 298.4 288.9 320.4 8.07 3 900 1032 19.6 10.0 54 9.6 13.7 194 31 301.7 303.3 290.9 327.3 8.60 4 850 1522 16.3 8.9 62 7.4 11.8 201 27 303.2 304.8 291.3 328.5 8.47 5 800 2035 12.3 7.9 75 4.4 9.7 204 23 304.3 305.8 291.6 329.5 8.41 6 750 2574 10.5 3.8 63 6.7 6.7 199 17 308.0 309.3 291.3 328.6 6.72 7 700 3145 6.5 0.6 66 5.9 3.4 210 17 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.4 5.72 8 650 3749 2.2 -2.8 70 5.0 -0.3 219 17 311.4 312.3 290.7 326.4 4.78 9 600 4390 -2.4 -6.5 73 4.1 -4.3 224 17 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.8 3.92 10 550 5075 -7.4 -9.7 84 2.2 -8.4 219 16 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.0 3.33 11 500 5810 -12.3 -13.5 91 1.2 -12.7 211 14 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.71 12 450 6608 -17.3 -18.1 93 0.8 -17.5 222 13 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.4 2.05 13 400 7480 -23.5 -23.5 99 0.1 -23.5 230 14 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.5 1.43 14 350 8442 -31.1 -31.7 95 0.6 -31.2 240 13 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.5 0.77 15 300 9514 -40.4 -40.4 100 -0.0 -40.4 252 19 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.38 16 250 10737 -47.1 -54.7 41 7.6 -47.4 268 23 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.09 17 200 12212 -46.8 -73.7 3 26.9 -47.5 239 42 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 14075 -57.4 -80.5 4 23.1 -57.6 235 25 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16587 -63.4 -83.6 5 20.2 -63.6 224 18 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.73 m Freezing level: 626.27 mb = 4053.28 m = 13298.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.13 mb = 3697.32 m = 12130.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.58 mb = 1248.23 m = 4095.19 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.60 mb = 3243.47 m = 10641.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.18 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.71 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8617.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.15 mb = 1928.00 m = 6325.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.4 neg: -20.3 tot: 133.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 20.93 m/s