MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 46.41,-100.97 Latitude: 46.41 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 244 SFC 956 603 -0.4 -5.4 69 5.0 -2.2 276 3 276.2 276.7 273.2 283.6 2.67 2 950 657 0.7 -5.7 63 6.3 -1.7 282 4 277.9 278.3 274.1 285.2 2.63 3 900 1091 -0.2 -7.9 56 7.7 -2.9 300 11 281.3 281.7 275.6 288.0 2.34 4 850 1546 -2.2 -14.2 39 12.0 -5.8 312 14 283.8 284.1 275.7 288.2 1.50 5 800 2027 -2.7 -26.5 14 23.9 -8.1 319 17 288.3 288.4 276.7 290.0 0.55 6 750 2537 -3.4 -32.7 8 29.4 -9.2 324 20 292.9 293.0 278.6 294.0 0.32 7 700 3081 -4.8 -20.5 28 15.6 -9.1 327 25 297.1 297.3 281.5 300.5 1.07 8 650 3662 -6.4 -22.8 26 16.4 -10.6 330 30 301.8 301.9 283.3 304.8 0.94 9 600 4285 -8.6 -23.7 28 15.1 -12.5 334 35 306.2 306.4 285.1 309.3 0.94 10 550 4954 -12.4 -23.6 38 11.3 -15.2 335 38 309.4 309.6 286.4 312.9 1.03 11 500 5675 -17.7 -24.6 55 6.9 -19.3 333 41 311.5 311.7 287.1 315.0 1.04 12 450 6454 -23.7 -27.9 69 4.2 -24.5 331 45 313.4 313.6 287.5 316.4 0.86 13 400 7303 -30.0 -32.8 76 2.8 -30.4 333 50 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.1 0.60 14 350 8240 -37.0 -41.3 64 4.3 -37.3 337 53 318.9 319.0 288.7 320.0 0.29 15 300 9289 -44.4 -48.9 61 4.5 -44.6 339 62 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.3 0.15 16 250 10488 -52.5 -56.8 60 4.3 -52.6 343 77 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.07 17 200 11912 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.0 -56.3 337 57 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13756 -54.1 -80.1 3 26.1 -54.5 317 45 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16320 -58.4 -84.3 2 25.8 -58.8 318 36 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5431.09 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 953.90 mb = 624.04 m = 2047.36 ft Freezing level: 911.59 mb = 990.37 m = 3249.21 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.14 % Est. max temperature: 10.91 C = 51.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.06 mb = 1224.34 m = 4016.82 ft T: -0.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 956.4- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 523.83 mb = 5323.02 m = 17463.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.40 C = 92.13 F Cap Strength: 19.99 C Lifted Index: 20.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.70 C Showalter Index: 19.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.46 C Cross Totals Index: 3.49 C K Index: -14.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17814.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.48 mb = 2031.93 m = 6666.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.1 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 359.1 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 68.99 m/s