MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 45.18,-93.59 Latitude: 45.18 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 981 293 30.1 11.5 32 18.7 18.1 193 12 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.0 8.70 2 950 580 26.8 9.6 34 17.2 16.1 196 21 304.4 305.8 291.2 328.2 7.93 3 900 1053 22.2 8.6 42 13.5 13.8 198 23 304.4 305.8 291.1 327.9 7.83 4 850 1546 17.4 7.7 53 9.8 11.6 200 23 304.4 305.9 291.1 327.8 7.77 5 800 2059 12.6 6.4 66 6.2 9.0 202 22 304.6 306.0 291.0 327.4 7.56 6 750 2599 11.0 -4.6 33 15.6 3.5 212 21 308.6 309.3 288.7 319.9 3.62 7 700 3171 7.8 -10.8 25 18.6 -0.1 214 19 311.1 311.5 288.3 318.8 2.39 8 650 3777 4.0 -16.5 21 20.6 -3.6 223 18 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.9 1.61 9 600 4422 0.3 -20.1 20 20.4 -6.5 234 16 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.8 1.29 10 550 5114 -3.7 -25.0 17 21.3 -9.9 242 14 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.9 0.91 11 500 5860 -8.7 -27.9 20 19.2 -13.6 247 15 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.2 0.77 12 450 6667 -13.9 -36.4 13 22.4 -18.2 255 17 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.38 13 400 7551 -20.2 -36.5 22 16.3 -23.0 261 20 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.42 14 350 8524 -27.9 -39.8 31 11.9 -29.5 263 22 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.34 15 300 9612 -36.3 -50.4 22 14.1 -37.4 267 29 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 16 250 10850 -46.0 -46.6 94 0.6 -46.0 268 32 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.23 17 200 12300 -55.6 -61.9 46 6.2 -55.8 293 43 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14094 -64.5 -77.3 16 12.8 -64.6 293 45 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16536 -67.0 -83.3 8 16.3 -67.1 279 27 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.89 m Freezing level: 596.56 mb = 4470.09 m = 14665.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.34 mb = 3155.14 m = 10351.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.83 mb = 2623.33 m = 8606.63 ft T: 10.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.52 mb = 3732.89 m = 12246.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.51 C = 101.33 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 15.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5318.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.03 mb = 2721.36 m = 8928.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 6.66 m/s