MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 47.21,-99.65 Latitude: 47.21 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 240 SFC 963 544 -1.3 -4.0 82 2.7 -2.3 295 6 274.8 275.3 272.8 282.9 2.94 2 950 650 -0.5 -4.3 76 3.8 -1.9 313 12 276.7 277.2 273.9 284.8 2.93 3 900 1081 -2.5 -5.2 82 2.7 -3.5 326 14 278.9 279.4 275.1 287.0 2.88 4 850 1533 -4.3 -7.2 80 3.0 -5.3 319 14 281.7 282.1 276.2 289.1 2.61 5 800 2011 -4.9 -9.4 71 4.5 -6.4 316 16 285.9 286.3 278.0 292.8 2.34 6 750 2516 -6.7 -14.0 56 7.3 -8.9 320 19 289.3 289.6 278.9 294.5 1.73 7 700 3053 -8.7 -27.2 21 18.5 -12.6 325 24 292.8 292.9 279.0 294.7 0.58 8 650 3624 -10.8 -25.6 28 14.9 -14.0 331 30 296.8 296.9 281.0 299.1 0.73 9 600 4236 -13.3 -27.6 29 14.3 -16.3 337 33 300.7 300.8 282.5 302.9 0.66 10 550 4894 -16.7 -36.9 16 20.2 -19.7 341 40 304.3 304.3 283.5 305.3 0.29 11 500 5605 -20.1 -33.6 29 13.5 -22.2 345 49 308.5 308.6 285.4 310.1 0.45 12 450 6377 -25.7 -33.7 47 8.1 -26.8 346 53 311.0 311.1 286.3 312.7 0.49 13 400 7220 -32.1 -38.3 54 6.2 -32.7 352 61 313.3 313.4 286.9 314.6 0.35 14 350 8149 -39.0 -43.3 63 4.4 -39.3 352 71 316.2 316.3 287.8 317.1 0.24 15 300 9187 -46.8 -50.4 66 3.6 -47.0 349 78 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.9 0.13 16 250 10382 -51.1 -58.3 42 7.2 -51.3 350 74 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.06 17 200 11831 -51.0 -73.0 6 22.0 -51.5 333 51 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13698 -52.4 -80.1 2 27.7 -52.9 318 41 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16283 -57.1 -84.5 2 27.4 -57.5 310 33 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.57 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.84 % Est. max temperature: 8.59 C = 47.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.54 mb = 884.18 m = 2900.82 ft T: -1.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.47 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 962.7- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 2996.54 m = 9831.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.16 C = 61.08 F Cap Strength: 16.27 C Lifted Index: 18.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.38 C Showalter Index: 16.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.84 C Cross Totals Index: 12.86 C K Index: -9.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 75.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18114.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.02 mb = 1367.35 m = 4485.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 6.3 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 110.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 49.75 m/s