MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 45.28,-93.63 Latitude: 45.28 Longitude: -93.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 973 295 24.6 13.5 50 11.0 17.4 215 12 300.0 301.9 291.6 329.6 10.05 2 950 505 23.1 12.3 51 10.8 16.3 217 23 300.7 302.4 291.3 328.7 9.53 3 900 973 18.8 11.3 62 7.5 14.1 217 29 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.6 9.40 4 850 1460 14.3 10.2 76 4.1 11.8 215 34 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.5 9.24 5 800 1969 10.1 8.8 92 1.3 9.3 215 38 301.9 303.5 291.2 328.3 8.90 6 750 2504 6.6 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 217 41 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.08 7 700 3068 3.5 3.4 99 0.1 3.5 225 43 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.7 7.01 8 650 3668 1.4 -1.6 80 3.0 -0.1 234 42 310.6 311.6 290.8 326.9 5.23 9 600 4308 -2.9 -7.4 71 4.5 -4.8 235 37 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.66 10 550 4991 -8.5 -10.2 88 1.7 -9.2 236 41 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.3 3.20 11 500 5723 -13.3 -21.9 48 8.6 -15.7 235 44 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.3 1.32 12 450 6517 -18.0 -32.8 26 14.7 -20.8 236 47 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.5 0.54 13 400 7386 -24.6 -33.5 44 8.8 -26.1 233 50 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.0 0.57 14 350 8343 -32.3 -35.3 74 3.1 -32.7 227 56 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.2 0.54 15 300 9411 -40.8 -40.8 100 -0.0 -40.8 219 62 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.36 16 250 10627 -48.1 -59.2 26 11.2 -48.4 223 66 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12086 -51.5 -71.2 8 19.7 -51.9 224 71 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13921 -58.1 -79.5 5 21.4 -58.3 230 57 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16435 -63.4 -83.3 5 19.9 -63.6 237 38 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.01 m Freezing level: 633.61 mb = 3877.98 m = 12722.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.36 mb = 3651.15 m = 11978.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.33 mb = 1687.35 m = 5535.86 ft T: 12.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 8.23 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2044.51 m = 6707.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.14 mb = 1874.03 m = 6148.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.14 mb = 2457.95 m = 8064.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.14 mb = 3253.61 m = 10674.45 ft B at Equ Level: 9.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 634.14 mb = 3865.68 m = 12682.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 4.02 Bulk Shear: 39.58 m/s