MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 45.05,-93.35 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 977 287 31.5 12.5 31 19.1 19.1 225 11 306.7 308.5 293.0 335.0 9.35 2 950 534 28.6 10.9 33 17.7 17.2 228 21 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.3 8.64 3 900 1010 23.9 9.9 41 14.0 15.1 230 24 306.2 307.8 292.2 332.0 8.54 4 850 1505 19.2 9.0 52 10.2 12.9 231 26 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.0 8.52 5 800 2022 14.3 8.1 66 6.2 10.5 232 26 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.1 8.50 6 750 2565 12.5 4.6 58 8.0 7.9 249 31 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.0 7.08 7 700 3141 8.6 1.6 61 7.0 4.8 258 26 312.1 313.2 292.0 331.2 6.15 8 650 3749 4.3 -3.6 56 8.0 0.4 259 22 313.9 314.7 291.2 328.1 4.50 9 600 4395 -0.9 -6.3 67 5.4 -3.4 258 19 315.1 315.8 291.1 327.8 3.99 10 550 5083 -6.2 -13.8 55 7.6 -9.0 246 18 316.8 317.2 290.2 324.7 2.40 11 500 5822 -10.8 -21.8 40 11.0 -14.0 244 23 319.9 320.1 290.1 324.4 1.33 12 450 6624 -15.8 -28.8 32 13.0 -18.7 250 30 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.2 0.79 13 400 7500 -22.1 -31.2 43 9.1 -23.9 258 33 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.8 0.70 14 350 8467 -29.8 -34.9 61 5.2 -30.5 252 37 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.7 0.56 15 300 9549 -37.1 -47.4 33 10.4 -37.9 249 45 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.18 16 250 10782 -46.6 -55.7 35 9.1 -47.0 250 54 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12234 -54.1 -68.1 16 14.0 -54.4 251 66 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14038 -63.5 -78.3 12 14.8 -63.6 256 59 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16495 -67.6 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.7 252 37 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.11 m Freezing level: 608.68 mb = 4282.92 m = 14051.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3811.01 m = 12503.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.69 mb = 2669.53 m = 8758.20 ft T: 11.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.64 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.62 mb = 3554.27 m = 11660.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.57 mb = 2750.11 m = 9022.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.57 mb = 4820.27 m = 15814.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.57 mb = 8699.94 m = 28542.77 ft B at Equ Level: 73.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.57 mb = 10050.24 m = 32972.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 9.63 Bulk Shear: 7.61 m/s