MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.27,-94.93 Latitude: 47.27 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 953 434 9.0 1.6 60 7.5 5.4 289 10 286.1 286.9 280.8 298.8 4.49 2 950 460 8.4 1.2 61 7.1 5.0 289 12 285.7 286.4 280.5 298.2 4.40 3 900 903 4.5 -0.8 69 5.2 2.1 294 22 286.1 286.8 280.3 297.5 4.01 4 850 1368 3.0 -8.9 41 11.9 -1.4 292 27 289.3 289.7 279.6 296.1 2.29 5 800 1857 1.8 -26.4 10 28.3 -5.2 288 24 293.1 293.2 279.0 294.9 0.55 6 750 2375 -1.1 -16.2 31 15.1 -5.8 279 20 295.4 295.7 281.3 299.9 1.44 7 700 2920 -5.3 -10.4 67 5.2 -7.1 266 21 296.6 297.1 283.0 304.1 2.46 8 650 3498 -9.0 -13.3 71 4.3 -10.4 262 27 298.8 299.2 283.5 305.4 2.11 9 600 4114 -11.8 -16.1 70 4.3 -13.1 247 30 302.5 302.8 284.7 308.2 1.81 10 550 4775 -16.4 -19.4 78 2.9 -17.2 249 38 304.6 304.8 285.1 309.4 1.50 11 500 5485 -21.2 -23.2 84 2.0 -21.6 241 46 307.2 307.4 285.7 311.1 1.19 12 450 6252 -27.8 -28.3 96 0.5 -27.9 240 47 308.3 308.5 285.7 311.1 0.83 13 400 7089 -33.0 -33.6 95 0.5 -33.1 235 54 312.1 312.2 286.8 314.0 0.56 14 350 8015 -39.9 -40.5 93 0.7 -39.9 223 64 315.0 315.0 287.5 316.1 0.32 15 300 9055 -44.3 -57.6 21 13.3 -44.8 226 74 322.9 322.9 289.7 323.1 0.05 16 250 10277 -42.7 -67.4 5 24.7 -43.6 236 60 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 17 200 11789 -43.8 -75.0 2 31.2 -44.7 225 41 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 18 150 13677 -52.9 -80.4 2 27.5 -53.4 237 29 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16265 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 249 24 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5450.99 m Freezing level: 768.32 mb = 2184.94 m = 7168.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 870.22 mb = 1176.82 m = 3860.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.96 % Est. max temperature: 15.71 C = 60.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.46 mb = 1363.43 m = 4473.13 ft T: 3.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.93 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.76 mb = 2900.52 m = 9516.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.38 C = 66.88 F Cap Strength: 8.49 C Lifted Index: 9.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.64 C Showalter Index: 10.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 12.28 C K Index: 10.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14979.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.43 mb = 1762.60 m = 5782.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -11.3 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 48.67 m/s