MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 47.41,-97.26 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 972 300 15.4 -1.8 31 17.2 7.3 250 9 290.9 291.5 281.7 300.9 3.43 2 950 496 13.1 -2.8 33 15.9 5.8 255 14 290.5 291.0 281.3 300.0 3.26 3 900 946 8.7 -3.5 42 12.2 3.4 260 16 290.5 291.1 281.4 300.1 3.27 4 850 1415 4.5 -4.1 53 8.6 0.8 269 19 290.9 291.5 281.5 300.6 3.31 5 800 1906 1.4 -4.4 66 5.7 -1.0 279 24 292.6 293.2 282.5 302.8 3.45 6 750 2422 -1.8 -6.4 70 4.7 -3.7 278 27 294.6 295.2 283.0 304.0 3.15 7 700 2967 -5.6 -8.9 77 3.4 -6.8 271 30 296.3 296.8 283.3 304.7 2.78 8 650 3544 -9.7 -12.1 83 2.4 -10.5 268 32 298.0 298.4 283.4 305.1 2.32 9 600 4157 -14.3 -18.0 73 3.7 -15.3 265 33 299.5 299.8 283.1 304.4 1.54 10 550 4810 -19.5 -28.1 47 8.6 -21.1 266 36 300.9 301.0 282.7 303.2 0.69 11 500 5510 -24.9 -40.8 21 16.0 -26.6 266 42 302.7 302.8 282.8 303.5 0.22 12 450 6268 -29.9 -47.8 16 18.0 -31.2 265 49 305.7 305.7 283.8 306.1 0.11 13 400 7097 -34.9 -54.6 12 19.7 -36.0 263 57 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.8 0.06 14 350 8023 -37.9 -58.8 9 20.9 -38.8 256 79 317.7 317.7 288.0 317.8 0.04 15 300 9071 -43.8 -57.9 20 14.1 -44.3 260 94 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.05 16 250 10279 -49.4 -63.4 18 14.0 -49.7 260 83 332.6 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.03 17 200 11732 -50.9 -72.6 6 21.7 -51.3 268 78 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13587 -54.0 -80.2 3 26.2 -54.4 272 69 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16168 -58.2 -84.4 2 26.2 -58.6 261 39 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5447.57 m Freezing level: 778.20 mb = 2130.86 m = 6990.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.60 mb = 1631.07 m = 5351.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.90 % Est. max temperature: 16.34 C = 61.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.29 mb = 2429.67 m = 7971.27 ft T: -1.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 0.91 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3187.60 m = 10457.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.44 C = 70.59 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.75 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 21.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13033.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.83 mb = 2466.16 m = 8090.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.6 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 297.6 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 39.66 m/s